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Skriven 2012-10-29 19:59:09 av Mitchell Holman
Ärende: Re: Billy Graham
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RD Sandman <rdsandman[spamremove]@comcast.net> wrote in 
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> Mitchell Holman <nomailverizon.net> wrote in 
> news:XnsA0FBB74998E39nomailverizonnet@216.196.121.131:
> 
>> RD Sandman <rdsandman[spamremove]@comcast.net> wrote in
>> news:XnsA0FB92CAA79A0hopewell@216.196.121.131: 
>> 
>>> SkyEyes <skyeyes9@cox.net> wrote in
>>> news:e958ac5d-5d9b-4a20-9ad2-990674881cd5
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>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> The fact remains, whatever your protestations, that Bush was handed 
a
>>>> *surplus*, 
>>> 
>>> No, he wasn't. 
>> 
>> 
>>       So Bush lied.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> "You see, the growing surplus exists because taxes are 
>> too high and government is charging more than it needs."
>> Bush Address to Congress, Feb 2001
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>       And the US Treasury lied:
>> 
>> 
>> U.S. budget surplus shrinks  
>> October 29, 2001 
>>  
>> NEW YORK (CNNmoney) - The U.S. government's budget surplus 
>> shrank in 2001, the Treasury Department reported Monday, 
>> dragged down by a sluggish economy, falling tax revenue and 
>> the impact of last month's terror attacks. The Treasury 
>> Department reported a budget surplus for the fiscal year, 
>> which ended on Sept. 30, of $127 billion, compared with $237 
>> billion a year ago.
>> money.cnn.com/2001/10/29/economy/budget/ 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>       And Fox News lied. 
>> 
>> 
>> "The last surplus was in 2001, President Bush's first year in office."
>> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,296720,00.html
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>      And the Congressional Budget Office lied.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> "Since peaking at $290 billion in 1992, deficits have declined each 
>> year, dropping to a level of $22 billion in 1997. For 1998, the 
>> Nation recorded its first budget surplus ($69.2 billion) since 1969. 
>> As a percent of GDP, the budget bottom line went from a deficit of 
>> 4.7% in 1992 to a surplus of 0.8% in 1998."
>> http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy00/pdf/hist.pdf
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>      And Newt Gingrich lied:
>> 
>> 
>> "We should take the $1 trillion in SURPLUS and spend it on a tax 
>> cut," Gingrich told reporters after a House GOP leadership meeting. 
>> But Gingrich also said that the $1 trillion tax cut plan he favors 
>> might net only $750 billion in tax relief for technical reasons. 
>> Gingrich said he favors "taking $1 trillion in surplus and spending 
>> it on tax cuts which, for reflow reasons, probably gets about to 
>> be $750 billion" in total tax relief."
>> http://www.ctj.org/itep/ging98an.htm
>> 
>> 
>>      And John McCain lied:
>> 
>> "I believe we must save Social Security, we must pay down the 
>> debt, we have to make an investment in Medicare. For us to put 
>> all of the surplus into tax cuts, I think is not a conservative 
>> effort." John McCain, January 11, 2000
>> http://tinyurl.com/289qw6r
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>      Wow.
> 
> Those are "projections".


"For 1998, the Nation recorded its first budget 
surplus ($69.2 billion) since 1969."

   The CBO didn't say "projection", they said
RECORDED SURPLUS.

   Why is that so hard to grasp?






 

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