seattle.politics

On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:47:00 -0700, Don Homuth
< > mumbled:

>On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:19:40 GMT, Tom Servo wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 08:39:02 -0700, Don Homuth
>>< > mumbled:
>>
>>>On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:47:35 GMT, Tom Servo wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 02:53:47 GMT, "Ermine Todd III"
>>>> mumbled:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Tom Servo" wrote in message
>>>>>news:j57og3p0fbtmsbv6j5aqofmkmdgon6kc56@ ...
>>>>>> On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:22:28 GMT, "Rev. Bob 'Bob' Crispen"
>>>>>> mumbled:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>And yet the last Democrat in the Oval Office gave us a budget surplus
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Incorrect, the tech bubble gave us a surplus.
>>>>>
>>>>>Clinton raised taxes in '93.
>>>>
>>>>And why shouldn't gubmint run a surplus, eh?
>>>
>>>It didn't run a surplus. It ran what knowledgeable folks call an
>>>"overage
>>
>>Whoa...heavy spin....
>
>No spin.

All spin.

>>When gubmint runs a surplus, the private sector is at a loss.
>
>The feds have not run an Actual Surplus

Clinton did.