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   >> RD Sandman  wrote in   
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   @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".   
      
      
   "For 1998, the Nation recorded its first budget    
   surplus ($69.2 billion) since 1969."   
      
      The CBO didn't say "projection", they said   
   RECORDED SURPLUS.   
      
      Why is that so hard to grasp?   
      
      
      
      
      
      
       
      
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