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Originally posted by Sparhawk
Yes, thanks to unwise tax cuts and deficit spending. Why can't we get a republican president to balance the budget? Millions of Americans do it every day. I'm sure you do too, geep.
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Your statistician put Reagan and Bush together in those statistics in a very self-serving way, as Bush curtailed much of the out of control spending and tax-cutting of Reagan, implying that both presidents were more fiscally disciplined than Clinton. Unfortunately, geep, you are missing the fact that Bush was paying for Reagan's excesses with tax increases and defense cuts. I'll have to wait for tomorrow at work ( ) to browse their website, but I seriously doubt your figures are coming to you directly from the OMB. Some direct links to make my fact-finding easier would be appreciated.
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You're right. Putting Reagan and Bush together skews the numbers, but I think they're still lower for Reagan than they are for Clinton. I culled the numbers from this report:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget...4/pdf/hist.pdf
and did the math myself. You can check my math, I did it fast and could be wrong! As far as balancing my own budget goes, I have loans, too.
Edit : I went back to check my math and did indeed make a mistake. Clintons numbers are lower than Reagans. I stand corrected.