tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post3493686352075786347..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Smackdown: The Truth About the Bill Clinton EconomyRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-78554832378905402832013-01-31T10:54:16.202-05:002013-01-31T10:54:16.202-05:00Indeed if one simply goes to the Treasury Website,...Indeed if one simply goes to the Treasury Website, http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np and puts in the start of any year, fiscal or otherwise, of the Clinton term and the end of that year as the end date, one will see that the myth of the Clinton surplus was exactly that. The debt was higher after every year of his term, because he simply robbed the SS "Trust Fund"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-71100486626642640382013-01-31T00:51:11.307-05:002013-01-31T00:51:11.307-05:00The Surplus Hoax
http://mises.org/daily/542
"...The Surplus Hoax<br />http://mises.org/daily/542<br /><br />"The surplus deception is clearly discernible in the statistics of national debt. While the spenders are boasting about surpluses, the national debt is rising year after year." ...<br /><br />... "The federal government spends Social Security money and other trust funds which constitute obligations to present and future guestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-10580745388264082892013-01-30T21:09:43.106-05:002013-01-30T21:09:43.106-05:00What I have always wondered is how exactly did sur...What I have always wondered is how exactly did surpluses exist as leftists always claim when Clinton had to ask Congress to repeatedly raise the debt ceiling? If there are surpluses, then how does the debt grow every year?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com