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   RD Sandman  wrote in   
   news:XnsA0FB92CAA79A0hopewell@216.196.121.131:    
      
   > SkyEyes  wrote in   
   > news:e958ac5d-5d9b-4a20-9ad2-990674881cd5@o5g2000pbd.googlegroups.com:   
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   >> The fact remains, whatever your protestations, that Bush was handed a   
   >> *surplus*,    
   >    
   > No, he wasn't.    
      
      
         So Bush lied.   
      
      
      
   "You see, the growing surplus exists because taxes are    
   too high and government is charging more than it needs."   
   Bush Address to Congress, Feb 2001   
      
      
      
      
         And the US Treasury lied:   
      
      
   U.S. budget surplus shrinks     
   October 29, 2001    
       
   NEW YORK (CNNmoney) - The U.S. government's budget surplus    
   shrank in 2001, the Treasury Department reported Monday,    
   dragged down by a sluggish economy, falling tax revenue and    
   the impact of last month's terror attacks. The Treasury    
   Department reported a budget surplus for the fiscal year,    
   which ended on Sept. 30, of $127 billion, compared with $237    
   billion a year ago.   
   money.cnn.com/2001/10/29/economy/budget/    
      
      
      
      
         And Fox News lied.    
      
      
   "The last surplus was in 2001, President Bush's first year in office."   
   http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296720,00.html   
      
      
      
        And the Congressional Budget Office lied.   
      
      
      
   "Since peaking at $290 billion in 1992, deficits have declined each    
   year, dropping to a level of $22 billion in 1997. For 1998, the    
   Nation recorded its first budget surplus ($69.2 billion) since 1969.    
   As a percent of GDP, the budget bottom line went from a deficit of    
   4.7% in 1992 to a surplus of 0.8% in 1998."   
   http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy00/pdf/hist.pdf   
      
      
      
        And Newt Gingrich lied:   
      
      
   "We should take the $1 trillion in SURPLUS and spend it on a tax    
   cut," Gingrich told reporters after a House GOP leadership meeting.    
   But Gingrich also said that the $1 trillion tax cut plan he favors    
   might net only $750 billion in tax relief for technical reasons.    
   Gingrich said he favors "taking $1 trillion in surplus and spending    
   it on tax cuts which, for reflow reasons, probably gets about to    
   be $750 billion" in total tax relief."   
   http://www.ctj.org/itep/ging98an.htm   
      
      
        And John McCain lied:   
      
   "I believe we must save Social Security, we must pay down the    
   debt, we have to make an investment in Medicare. For us to put    
   all of the surplus into tax cuts, I think is not a conservative    
   effort." John McCain, January 11, 2000   
   http://tinyurl.com/289qw6r   
      
      
      
        Wow.   
      
      
      
      
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