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To: RetiredNow who wrote (532235)11/24/2009 10:18:09 AM
From: i-node  Respond to of 1574326
 
>> >That is patently false. Surpluses can be used for all sorts of things, like tax cuts, instead of paying down the debt.

It seems you're falling victim to the SAME kind of ruse and misunderstanding as you did yesterday.

I'm not doing this again today. Come back when you have some understanding of the numbers.

End of conversation.



To: RetiredNow who wrote (532235)11/25/2009 2:41:49 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574326
 
Its not a simple absolute fact. A budget surplus isn't always as simple of a concept as it seems. There is more than one way to measure it. By one measure there was a surplus under Clinton, by another there where only smaller deficits.


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