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   Scout to RD Sandman   
   Re: #WHY THE IRS SCANDAL SHOULD LEAD TO    
   20 May 13 17:43:31   
   
   XPost: alt.society.liberalism, alt.atheism, talk.politics.guns   
   From: me4guns@verizon.removeme.this2.nospam.net   
      
   "RD Sandman"  wrote in message   
   news:XnsA1C670F5FF6B6hopewell@216.196.121.131...   
   > "Scout"  wrote in news:knbsde   
   > $776$1@dont-email.me:   
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   >>   
   >>   
   >> "RD Sandman"  wrote in message   
   >> news:XnsA1C5A9FBCA523hopewell@216.196.121.131...   
   >>> "Scout"  wrote in   
   >>> news:knbah4$ja4$1@dont-email.me:   
   >>>   
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   >>>>   
   >>>> "RD Sandman"  wrote in message   
   >>>> news:XnsA1C57EFFC4BE1hopewell@216.196.121.131...   
   >>>>> Free Lunch  wrote in   
   >>>>> news:eo4ip89egj1n05i9freal2ed4d29p0baor@4ax.com:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On Sun, 19 May 2013 12:58:08 -0500, RD Sandman   
   >>>>>>  wrote in alt.atheism:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>Free Lunch  wrote in   
   >>>>>>>news:qrthp8tnn097t03tkum67nrm1s2uge12k3@4ax.com:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> On Sun, 19 May 2013 10:44:38 -0500, RD Sandman   
   >>>>>>>>  wrote in alt.atheism:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>Free Lunch  wrote in   
   >>>>>>>>>news:nd2gp8tcq1si9udrkfhh6mglqbg7qdd96v@4ax.com:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 18 May 2013 16:17:02 -0500, RD Sandman   
   >>>>>>>>>>  wrote in alt.atheism:   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>Free Lunch  wrote in   
   >>>>>>>>>>>news:rmnfp89epf3h5u777iq5ms6dujq3m721fa@4ax.com:   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Please note:   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If, as W was, you are adding half a trillion a year to   
   > the   
   >>>>>>>debt,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> it is much harder to come out of a recession with added   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> stimulus. W's deficits after 2002 were irresponsible.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Hmmmm, Bush's deficits were:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2000 -  236.4B  - Surplus (Left over from Clinton)   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2001 -  127.3B  - Surplus   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2002 -  157.8B  - Deficit   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2003 -  377.6B  - Deficit   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2004 -  413B    - Deficit   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2005 -  318B    - Deficit   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2006 -  248B    - Deficit   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2007 -  161B    - Deficit (Democrats now own both Houses)   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2008 -  459B    - Deficit   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2009 - 1413B    - Deficit (Obama took office in January   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2009) 2010 - 1294B    - Deficit   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2011 - 1299B    - Deficit   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>2012 - 1100B    - Deficit   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Totals - Bush   - 3674B in Deficits - 8 years 2002 - 2009   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>       - Obama  - 3693B in Deficits - 3 years 2009 - 2012   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Can you point out that half trillion per annum you were   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>talking about?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I only see two years that even come close....2004 and   
   > 2008.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Of   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>course we could throw in 2009 since that budget was passed   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>on Bush's watch.  It is also counted in Bush's total and   
   > not   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Obama's above.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> According to the Bureau of Public Debt:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Date               Total Public Debt Outstanding   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/29/00     5,674,178,209,887   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/28/01     5,807,463,412,200   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/30/02     6,228,235,965,597   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/30/03     6,783,231,062,744   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/30/04     7,379,052,696,330   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/30/05     7,932,709,661,724   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/29/06     8,506,973,899,215   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/28/07     9,007,653,372,262   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/30/08     10,024,724,896,913   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 01/20/09     10,626,877,048,913   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/30/09     11,909,829,003,512   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Date               Debt Held by the Public   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/29/00     3,405,303,490,221   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/28/01     3,339,310,176,095   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/30/02     3,553,180,247,875   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/30/03     3,924,090,106,881   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/30/04     4,307,344,596,909   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/30/05     4,601,238,726,062   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/29/06     4,843,120,736,192   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/28/07     5,049,305,502,926   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/30/08     5,808,691,665,404   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 01/20/09     6,307,310,739,682   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/30/09     7,551,861,558,737   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Date               Intragovernmental Holdings   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/29/00     2,268,874,719,666   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/28/01     2,468,153,236,105   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/30/02     2,675,055,717,722   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/30/03     2,859,140,955,863   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/30/04     3,071,708,099,421   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/30/05     3,331,470,935,661   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/29/06     3,663,853,163,023   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/28/07     3,958,347,869,336   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/30/08     4,216,033,231,509   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 01/20/09     4,319,566,309,231   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09/30/09     4,357,967,444,775   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> A small part of the FY 2001 debt was Bush-inspired, but not   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> much. The FY 2009 debt increase was shared between Bush and   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Obama's stimulus. Let's just look at the other seven years   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> and see that the debt increased $4.2 billion in those seven   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> years. Maybe Bush wasn't counting everything in his deficit   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> claims.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>They pretty much match what I put up there.  I only showed   
   > the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>deficit itself and you didn't have to do the math.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> How do they match?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> Date          Total Public Debt               Increase in   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> Total Public Debt 09/29/00      5,674,178,209,887   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> 09/28/01      5,807,463,412,200   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> 133,285,202,313 09/30/02      6,228,235,965,597   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>  420,772,553,397 09/30/03      6,783,231,062,744   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   554,995,097,146 09/30/04      7,379,052,696,330   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>    595,821,633,587 09/30/05      7,932,709,661,724   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>     553,656,965,393 09/29/06      8,506,973,899,215   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>      574,264,237,492 09/28/07      9,007,653,372,262   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>       500,679,473,047 09/30/08     10,024,724,896,913   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
      
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