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thunder
 
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Default OT A place where liberal politics and yachting collided

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:24:00 +0000, Marion Clover Hooper wrote:

Raw numbers are what the Bush-haters use to trick
the gullible, but it's a completely dishonest way to measure the deficit.


1930 - 2005
FEDERAL DEFICITS(-) AS A PERCENTAGE OF GDP

1930 0.8
1931 -0.6
1932 -4.0
1933 -4.5
1934 -5.9
1935 -4.0
1936 -5.5
1937 -2.5
1938 -0.1
1939 -3.2
1940 -3.0
1941 -4.3
1942 -14.2
1943 -30.3
1944 -22.7
1945 -21.5
1946 -7.2
1947 1.7
1948 4.6
1949 0.2
1950 -1.1
1951 1.9
1952 -0.4
1953 -1.7
1954 -0.3
1955 -0.8
1956 0.9
1957 0.8
1958 -0.6
1959 -2.6
1960 0.1
1961 -0.6
1962 -1.3
1963 -0.8
1964 -0.9
1965 -0.2
1966 -0.5
1967 -1.1
1968 -2.9
1969 0.3
1970 -0.3
1971 -2.1
1972 -2.0
1973 -1.1
1974 -0.4
1975 -3.4
1976 -4.2
1977 -2.7
1978 -2.7
1979 -1.6
1980 -2.7
1981 -2.6
1982 -4.0
1983 -6.0
1984 -4.8
1985 -5.1
1986 -5.0
1987 -3.2
1988 -3.1
1989 -2.8
1990 -3.9
1991 -4.5
1992 -4.7
1993 -3.9
1994 -2.9
1995 -2.2
1996 1.4
1997 -0.3
1998 0.8
1999 1.4
2000 2.4
2001 1.3
2002 -1.5
2003 -3.5
2004 -4.5 (estimate)
2005 -3.0 (estimate)


Damn, every Republican, back to Nixon, left office with a larger deficit
than he started with (as % GDP). Every Democrat, back to LBJ, left office
with a smaller deficit than he started with (as % GDP). Tells me
something about fiscal responsibility.