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   Mitchell Holman  wrote in    
   news:XnsA0FBB74998E39nomailverizonnet@216.196.121.131:   
      
   > RD Sandman  wrote in   
   > news:XnsA0FB92CAA79A0hopewell@216.196.121.131:    
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   >> 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.    
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   >    
   >       So Bush lied.   
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   >    
   > "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   
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   >    
   >       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/    
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   >    
   >       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   
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   >    
   >      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   
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   >    
   >      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   
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   >    
   >      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   
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   >    
   >      Wow.   
      
   Those are "projections".  They were not physical dollars one could roll    
   aroung in their fingers.  Or do you somehow think that they were?   
      
      
   --    
      
   Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be President,    
      
   And anyone who doesn't grow up can be Vice President.   
      
      
   Sleep well, tonight.....   
      
   RD (The Sandman)   
      
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