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2016 Postmortem

HooptieWagon

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2. +1000.

Reply to Bill USA (Original post)

Thu Feb 7, 2013, 04:31 PM

Feb 2013

Exactly. Agent Orange and his republican cohorts had no problem squandering a Clinton surplus, and running up a huge deficit when they controlled Congress and the WH. Now that Dems hold the WH and Senate, they are crying about the deficit they themselves ran up. Fact is, Obama and the Dems have kept spending levels down.

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Boehner says he's seen Gov't avoid addressing the deficit since he's been in D.C. and he's [View all] Bill USA Feb 2013 OP

Bill Clinton's 1993 budget balanced the budget bluestateguy Feb 2013 #1

+1000. HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #2

"Agent Orange", LOL! Bill USA Feb 2013 #5

It would be nice if we could get back to the Clinton era of balancing the budget. libertyandjustice24 Feb 2013 #3

Obama had no choice - unless you consider having a Great Depression II an acceptable option Bill USA Feb 2013 #4

the three best charts on how Ciinton's Surplusses became Bush and Obama’s deficits - Ezra Klein Bill USA Feb 2013 #6