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   From: lunch@nofreelunch.us   
      
   On Sat, 18 May 2013 20:50:26 -0400, "Scout"   
    wrote in alt.atheism:   
      
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   >"Tom McDonald"  wrote in message   
   >news:qcMlt.1148$Ju6.1087@newsfe22.iad...   
   >> On 5/18/2013 9:33 AM, linuxgal wrote:   
   >>> Free Lunch wrote:   
   >>>> Republicans have been building   
   >>>> deficits into the system for 30 years, but that's only okay if they run   
   >>>> the show. When someone else is trying to clean up their mess they whine   
   >>>> about how the Dem is running a deficit.   
   >>>   
   >>> For the record, I was extremely pissed off when W racked up 4.3 trillion   
   >>> dollars in new debt.   
   >>>   
   >> Then you should be apoplectic about W's continuing effect on the debt:   
   >>   
   >> "Since President Obama became chief executive, the national debt has risen   
   >> almost $5 trillion. But how much of that was because of policies passed by   
   >> Obama, and how much was caused by the ?nancial crisis, the continuation of   
   >> past policies and other effects? For this analysis, we worked with the   
   >> Center on Budget and Policy Priorities to attach a price tag to the   
   >> legislation passed by Obama and his predecessor. George W. Bush’s major   
   >> policies increased the debt by more than $5 trillion during his   
   >> presidency. Obama has increased the debt by less than $1 trillion."   
   >>   
   >> http://tinyurl.com/79ofdhn   
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   >Unless you also include future debts incurred such as the unfunded $17   
   >Trillion of Obamacare....   
      
   No such thing.   
   >   
   >If Bush is responsible for $4 Trillion of Obama's debt, then Obama will be   
   >responsible for the $17 trillion he has passed on to the future.   
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