"Dave Hinz" wrote in message
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And, as Cato, Treasury, OMB, and every other source that knows what it's
talking about says, there was a financial surplus in those years I
listed
above. Current-accounts surplus, and a decline in the national debt.
Net,
actual, real-money surplus.

Odd that the treasury says the national debt went up during those years.

Where does it say that, Dave? As I've quoted here a couple of times,
Treasury tells you what the meaningful column is. It appears you're reading
the one that is essentially meaningless -- the one that includes Treasury
bonds that are not additions to debt.

--
Ed Huntress