On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:56:12 -0400, gfretwell wrote:

On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:10:54 -0400, hk wrote:

Well there was a war


If you are referring to the current president's war on Iraq that was
started for partisan political reasons, yes, there was a war, and along
with it, tax breaks to help us not pay for it.

http://zfacts.com/p/447.html
Without the war the deficit pretty much goes away

The cost of the war is up to $500 billion. What about the other $5
*trillion* of debt Bush has accumulated?