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    BK>>  just pointing out how the republican ideal was achieved only   
    BK>>  under Clinton after 1969. Which, BTW, was LBJ's last budget, we   
    BK>>  are talking fiscal years, not calendar years.   
      
    DD> I don't know about how, or even if the numbers were   
    DD> manipulated. But, I do know that I lived better and had   
    DD> more "effective" spending power in my pocket when Slick   
    DD> Willie was there for eight years - and shortly thereafter   
    DD> before George III managed to drive the economy into the   
      
    Same here. Would still be doing well if GWB had not so thourghly   
    screwed things up.   
      
    DD> ditch - than at any time since. A balanced budget is a good   
    DD> thing occasionally. As is paying down the national debt --   
      
    Why is a balanced budget a good thing?   
      
    And paying down the debt does involve reducing it, but not   
    necessarily paying it off. There hasn't been one year in this   
    country's history when it didn't have a debt.   
      
    DD> something that Wall Street does not want to happen. They   
      
    Greenspan didn't. GW Bush didn't.   
      
    DD> might actually have to work for their profits if unable to   
    DD> make those "guaranteed" dollars by investing in gummint   
    DD> bonds and treasury certificates.   
      
      
      
      
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