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Old 04-06-2009, 11:26 AM   #23
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Originally Posted by EarnedStripes44 View Post
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.
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.

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