the difference i am referring to is the difference between a budget surplus and actually eliminating the national debt and having an actual monetary government surplus. i ask because i see so many of them on here who seem to some how believe that Bill Clinton pulled us out of debt and then created a cash surplus on top of that. do you understand that we simply had a budget surplus. we also had a budget surplus under GHWB. can any one tell me what the difference is? i bet not.
2007-03-26 03:59:12 · 6 answers · asked by big_john_719 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
You are correct, and Dem's can't see that because it doesn't meet their agenda of "all things not Bush".
2007-03-26 04:06:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
He didn't have a cash surplus on top of his budget. Just a really good, stable plan of getting us out of debt over the next X amount of years. Yes, Bush claims to have one too, but his is a joke. The whole reason I hate Bush is because he has mislead the American people and only has HIS best interests at heart. Might I suggest that you google
"Blueprint for World Domination" by: Dr. Eric Karlstrom.
2007-03-26 04:45:34 · answer #2 · answered by Destiny 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Individual freedom is the dream of our age. It's what our leaders promise to give us, it defines how we think of ourselves and, repeatedly, we have gone to war to impose freedom around the world. But if you step back and look at what freedom actually means for us today, it's a strange and limited kind of freedom.
Politicians promised to liberate us from the old dead hand of bureaucracy, but they have created an evermore controlling system of social management, driven by targets and numbers. Governments committed to freedom of choice have presided over a rise in inequality and a dramatic collapse in social mobility. And abroad, in Iraq and Afghanistan, the attempt to enforce freedom has led to bloody mayhem and the rise of an authoritarian anti-democratic Islamism. This, in turn, has helped inspire terrorist attacks in Britain. In response, the Government has dismantled long-standing laws designed to protect our freedom.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/noise/?id=trap
2007-03-27 02:13:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are quick to praise Clinton for "his" balanced budget and "his" reforming of welfare.
However, how many times did he veto each of the above??
Edit: See Andy R's answer for a classic example of misinformation perpetuated by the left. I wonder if he is intentionally being misleading, or is simply ignorant.
2007-03-26 04:10:53 · answer #4 · answered by Time to Shrug, Atlas 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
He did pull us out of debt and was beginning to close down the war monster that Reagan created that feeds upon the American taxpayer.
2007-03-26 04:06:13 · answer #5 · answered by andy r 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
of course we do. we know the difference between a good president and a jackass. and we know that narrow-minded simpletons love riding jackass's.
2007-03-26 04:26:01 · answer #6 · answered by Doctor Pain 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋