They have been for over 100 years now, that's why we're in the fix we're in. It all started with Woodrow Wilson. FDR..Carter...LBJ and now obama have carried on the Wilson legacy.
Nope. George DUBBYA Bush didn't have a catstrophe like Obama did. He had a surplus.
But he managed to change it into a big slice on the deficit. Has he explained why he took a surplus into a huge deficit with 2 wars? Nope. GWB had it easy, let's face it. But let's give him his due, his wife said she thought Obama was doing a good job. Too bad republicans didn't listen to Mrs. Bush.
if you inherited a surplus the deficit would go down? is this logic. So it didn't cost anything for the war in Iraq? and afghanistan that was later abandoned?
You were saying that Clinton left a surplus so let's take a look. The debt in January 1993 when Clinton took office was 4,167,200,410,899.83. The debt when he left office in January 2001 was 5,740,291,126,546.45. So, where did that surplus go? You wouldn't borrow additional money if you had a surplus, would you? What happened is he "borrowed" from the Social Security fund to enhance his numbers. I believe it was Gingrich's "Contract with America" that was responsible for the somewhat financial improvement in the government budget but Clinton was President so he can take the credit.
So, Bush sucked and they spent like drunken sailors and I was disgusted but gee, Obama makes him look like a penny pincher. So, my point is that there was never a surplus, it's a total myth.
But he managed to change it into a big slice on the deficit. Has he explained why he took a surplus into a huge deficit with 2 wars? Nope. GWB had it easy, let's face it. But let's give him his due, his wife said she thought Obama was doing a good job. Too bad republicans didn't listen to Mrs. Bush.
So, Bush sucked and they spent like drunken sailors and I was disgusted but gee, Obama makes him look like a penny pincher. So, my point is that there was never a surplus, it's a total myth.