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To: studdog who wrote (89576)	11/2/2008 1:12:08 PM
From: NOW	Respond to of 116555

<I suspect that one way or another we are going to get massive deficit spending sooner or later> Uh, i think the answer to that one is already in. We have had massive deficit spending, have massive deficit spending, and will have massive deficit spending

To: studdog who wrote (89576)	11/2/2008 5:02:42 PM
From: ajtj99	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

Um, there hasn't been a real surplus in the US budget since 1960. All other "surpluses" since then have come from the government trusts like Social Security, which should never have been combined with the general budget in the first place.