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   From: invalide@invalid.invalid   
      
   Mitchell Holman wrote:   
   > bks@panix.com (Bradley K. Sherman) wrote in   
   >>>> One year ago:   
   >>>> |   
   >>>> | "In the near future, I want to do what has not been done in   
   >>>> | 24 years: balance the federal budget. We are going to   
   >>>> | balance it," the president said midway through his 90-plus   
   >>>> | minute speech. The line got some of the loudest applause of   
   >>>> | the night from Republican lawmakers--which might be a small   
   >>>> | silver lining, as it indicates at least a rhetorical   
   >>>> | interest in fiscal responsibility.   
   >>   
   >> Today:   
   >> |   
   >> | $56 trillion national debt leading to a spiraling crisis:   
   >> | Budget watchdog warns the U.S. is walking a crumbling path   
   >> | ...   
   >> > stainable-path-trump-sugar-high-economy/>   
   >   
   > Trump: I will eliminate U.S. debt in 8 years   
   > 04/02/16   
   > https://tinyurl.com/y8ggzn4c   
   >   
   > Trump Promised to Eliminate National Debt in Eight Years   
   > March 9 2017   
   > https://tinyurl.com/jyuel2o   
      
   https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/trump-king-of-debt-224642   
      
   “I’m the king of debt. I’m great with debt. Nobody   
   knows debt better than me,” Trump told Norah   
   O’Donnell in an interview that aired on “CBS This   
   Morning.” “I’ve made a fortune by using debt, and   
   if things don’t work out I renegotiate the debt. I   
   mean, that’s a smart thing, not a stupid thing.”   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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