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   From: super70s@super70s.invalid   
      
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    Governor Swill  wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 8 Jun 2024 09:44:43 -0000 (UTC), Clinton Lies   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >The government can have a surplus even if it has trillions in debt, but it   
   > >cannot have a surplus if that debt increased every year. This article is   
   > >about surplus/deficit, not the debt. However, it analyzes the debt to   
   > >prove there wasn't a surplus under Clinton.   
   >   
   > Too bad what you know about government spending wouldn't fill a thimble.   
   >   
   > The government spends more than the budget every year.  It's called   
   > 'off-budget' spending.   
   > The entire Iraq war was 'off-budget'.   
   >   
   > Totaling a President's surpluses/deficits does not give you the same figure   
   > as actual debt growth because of this.   
   >   
   > The debt dropped during Clinton's years as a %GDP.   
   >   
   > It grew at it's slowest pace in decades in nominal dollars.   
   >   
   > It grew slower than inflation.   
   >   
   >  gdp-and-major-events-3306287>   
   >   
   > Clintons net deficit/surplus for eight years was $0.  Due to his off-budget   
   > spending, debt grew slowly (32% over eight years) rather than at the   
   > breakneck pace of Reagan (increased the debt by 186% in eight years),   
   > Poppy Bush (60% in only *four* years) or Dubya (105% in eight), who   
   > simultaneously collapsed the banking system and the global economy.   
      
   "Reagan proved deficits don't matter." - Dick Cheney, 2002   
      
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