XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: noway@nowhere.com   
      
   On 8/16/2024 9:36 PM, Governor Swill wrote:   
   > On Fri, 16 Aug 2024 12:09:31 -0700, Josh Rosenbluth    
   wrote:   
   >   
   >> It isn't changing the subject. The debt is the cumulative deficits.   
   >> Clinton's last 2 years had surpluses, but we had cumulative deficits   
   >> across his 8 years.   
   >   
   > You are incorrect.  His surpluses minus his deficits equal a slight surplus.   
      
   For the total budget, yes. And hence debt held by the public went down.   
   But, the budget minus Social Security had a cumulative deficit and thus   
   the total debt went up.   
      
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