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To: Stan J. Czernel who wrote (83357)	9/10/2008 4:38:10 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542836

Stan; As to national debt; If people understood how our books are cooked, there would be riots in the street. Our government is being financed to a large extent - as it has been for years - by using the SS trust fund monies. In any case, Clinton did a fantastic job of bringing down government spending, but that doesn't mean the budget was in surplus. Here is an interesting chart showing how dismal any progress has been; brillig.com As you can see the debt has grown every year since the 40's? Adjusted for inflation gives a year or possible two under Clinton where we make a tiny bit of paydown, but even that is extremely dismal at best. steve