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To: longnshort who wrote (226738)3/28/2005 12:57:26 PM
From: Alighieri  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1575257
 
Look at the national debt, increases every year, NO SURPLUS, smoke and mirrors using SS moneys

The National Debt - Clinton's last four years
09/30/2000 5,674,178,209,886.86
09/30/1999 5,656,270,901,615.43
09/30/1998 5,526,193,008,897.62
09/30/1997 5,413,146,011,397.34
09/30/1996 5,224,810,939,135.73

The National Debt - Bush's first four years
09/30/2004 7,379,052,696,330.32
09/30/2003 6,783,231,062,743.62
09/30/2002 6,228,235,965,597.16
09/28/2001 5,807,463,412,200.06

Al



To: longnshort who wrote (226738)3/29/2005 12:08:25 AM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575257
 
As I've established several times with Steve, who doesn't understand... revenues for THOSE YEARS exceeded expenditures for THOSE YEARS. In any business, that constitutes an operating surplus.

The debt rose in those years because of interest on existing debt.

-Z


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