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In response to "Oh please, you can't blame one side and not the other for this mess. We're 28 years into a massive debt explosion." by Will Hunting

I thought our budget was balanced and our debt was quite small when Clinton left office. Is that wrong? -- nm

Posted by Jim (aka Jim) Sep 4 '08, 09:19

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Clinton had a 2 year time frame Congress and him couldn't spend money quick enough; but teh deficit increased under him. - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:21 1
- Here's a linkage graph. -- (link) - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:24 [Image]
I thought there was, in fact, a budgetary surplus then but the national debt was still quite large. -- nm - mara Sep 4, 09:20 7
- Yeah, when you owe $10k on your credit cards, and you can pay $10 extra over the interest payment, you're still in trouble. -- nm - Will Hunting Sep 4, 09:22 6
  - ... but it's better than not paying that $10 -- nm - Beryllium Sep 4, 09:24 5
    - Really, at least Clinton made the attempt to move us in the right directions - amoxy Sep 4, 09:25
    - Or not paying at all. -- nm - Jim Sep 4, 09:24 3
      - Or charging more to that credit card. -- nm - mara Sep 4, 09:28 2
        
        Hello world, I'd like to get an increse on my limit. Thanks. -- nm - USA Sep 4, 09:34 1
        
        Okay! -- nm - US Congress Sep 4, 09:36
our national debt wasn't small, it'd just stopped increasing. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 09:20 1
- deficit vs. debt -- nm - zork Sep 4, 09:21

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