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Gary Andrews

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    • 08 Jul 09
    • 9:02 pm

    Talking points on debt: It took 204 years for these United States of America to build up a $1 trillion debt (and that includes two World Wars!). In just 12 years of Reagan-Bush-o-nomics, it QUADRUPLED! That means, when Bush Senior left office, the Debt was $4 TRILLION! Clinton struggled to get that massive Debt under control and finally built up three years of SURPLUSSES! (which Bush, Cheney & Tom Delay quickly squandered on tax cuts for their rich friends). When Bush Junior left office, the DEBT was around $11 TRILLION! That means George W Bush heaped $5 TRILLION more onto the …

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