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"(PeteCresswell)" wrote:

Reasonable people can argue how and why... but the surplus is a fact of
history - as are the ensuing deficits.

YOu will note that the surpluses did not occur until well after the
Congress (which decides how much is spent and what the tax levels are)
became controlled by the GOP.
(Actually if you look at reality, there was little or no change year
over year in the increase in spending. This suggests that forces outside
the politicians were really at work. So the surpluses are really just
the result of a economy that was breathtakingly overheated for awhile
that money came in faster than the combined efforts of both parties
could shovel it out the door).
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America is at that awkward stage. It's too late
to work within the system, but too early to shoot
the *******s."-- Claire Wolfe