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To: Lane3 who wrote (59976)	4/18/2008 10:05:52 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542233

Well your post did contain some fairly strong name calling- people that exercised usually are arguing something- I assumed that was the excuse for your language. I just wasn't sure what it was you were arguing. So while you could argue that who the president is at the time of particular debt levels does not "inform" who puts a strain on the treasury, it seems to me equally likely people could put up a completely credible alternative argument. Not sure you need to assume people are dim or careless if they think that might be the case.

To: Lane3 who wrote (59976)	4/18/2008 10:15:49 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542233

I would be arguing that who was president at the time that the debt is at a particular level does not inform in any useful way the question of who gets the credit or blame for the state of the treasury. I would agree with you on this. That's why I'm focused on the 25 year period. That's definitely long enough in my book. It covers good times and bad, emergencies, recessions,etc. It's plenty of time to see if tax policies will either kick in new business revenues or bleed the Treasury. To say that 'things are unfinished' or conservatism is yet to be applied is really kind of sad, don't you think?