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Originally Posted by EarnedStripes44
Bush did inherit a nice surplus, even Greenspan worried we might pay the national debt off too soon. Bush then used that as an excuse to cut taxes, Greenspan co-signed. By the end of 2001 his then secretary of the treasury was asking congress to raise the debt ceiling. Its been runaway spending ever since.
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Didn't you read, mentioning Bush is against the rules. He has nothing to do with the present situation. It's all due to a fundamental shift in our countries direction toward socialism.
Besides, Bush had 9/11 and that changed everything.
-spence