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To: John Hunt who wrote (26706)	1/22/1999 5:44:00 AM
From: John Hunt	Respond to of 116764

Surplus, What Surplus? There Is No Surplus << The president wants this non-existent "budget surplus" pumped back into Social Security. What does that mean? Washington will steal $200 billion from Social Security (turning a real $132 billion deficit into a $70 billion surplus), so that it can proclaim a budget surplus, then it will return the excess money to Social Security from where it was stolen in the first place. Oddly, that's actually a preferable charade to what the Republicans suggest. At least under the president's plan the "surplus" comes full circle and ends up back in Social Security. Under the Republican plan, you would give away the "surplus" and the money will disappear from the Social Security circle all together. >> nypostonline.com

To: John Hunt who wrote (26706)	1/22/1999 5:57:00 AM
From: John Hunt	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116764

Japan Sakakibara warns of financial meltdown biz.yahoo.com Big 17 Japan banks have Y39.72 trln class 2 loans biz.yahoo.com Yen struggles as yuan talk heats up-dealers biz.yahoo.com I can see that I am going to need a big sticky bun this morning. :-))

To: John Hunt who wrote (26706)	1/22/1999 9:53:00 AM
From: Enigma	Respond to of 116764

John - well 'the company I keep' doesn't include WJC - however I do see an incredible rash of hypocricy just now - nothing like this atmosphere since McCarthy - and I do balk at quotes from Druge and the sort of innuendo he serves up. He's hit a few home runs but many of his comments are irresponsible and off base - but it feeds into the bias and prejudice we see here - often on this thread. The Carville hoax appears to be just that - but what the heck a hoax is better than nothing. Regards, David