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Originally posted by stomachmonkey
I promised I'd stay out of these debates because they are pointless.
Couple of Smirnoffs, my gaurd goes down and I get sucked back in.
So he blows a budget surplus, built up during a democratic administration (which we all know was really the delayed result of Reagenomics) and drives us in record time into the biggest deficit we've ever experienced and he did it all to appease the minority democratic power base?
yeah, whatever.
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Surely you jest! You seem to forget this magical surplus was PROJECTED but never realized and wasn't even projected until the GOP took over Congress in '95. Before that, Bubba did a different song and dance every time he was asked about when the budget might get balanced AND he vehemently opposed the Balanced Budget Amend. the Reps. proposed in '95. Surplus a nice term for pols to throw around, but it never actually existed. In fact, the only surplus that really did exist was the Soc. Sec. one that gets spent on non-SS stuff each year and is covered by worthless IOU's.
Otherwise, I am furious with Bush for trying to appease liberals by spending so much money. But no Dem. president would have spent one less dime.