On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 03:16:15 -0500, thunder
wrote:

On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 03:13:13 +0000, dixon wrote:

Looks like we actually had some responsible presidents on both sides,
until around about 1982 and then again around 2000. The blue chart that
allows for inflation tells quite a story.

http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/faq.html

It is the Republican "free lunch". I would expect Reagan's call for a
balanced budget amendment to be dusted off soon. More smoke as the debt
grows.

Yeah, you'll notice, of course, that the national debt always declined
during Democrat administrations. Or am I reading it wrongly?

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!