XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: mail-a-long@hmn.com   
      
   Bradley K. Sherman wrote:   
      
   >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.   
   > | ...   
   >ve-it/>   
   >   
   >Today:   
   > |   
   > | America borrowed $43.5 billion a week in the first four   
   > | months of the fiscal year, with debt interest on track to   
   > | be over $1 trillion for 2026   
   > | ...   
   >ding-interest/>   
   >   
   >    --bks   
   >   
      
   Trump says there is no more debt and affordability is fake news.   Why   
   would he want to lie about something like that?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)