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Skriven 2012-10-29 17:26:22 av Gray Guest
Ärende: Re: Billy Graham
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Mitchell Holman <nomailverizon.net> wrote in 
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> 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@o5g2000pbd.googlegroups.com:
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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.
> 
> 
> 
> 

Bush hasn't been President in 4 years. What's O's record look mlike?

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