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To: w1andsodidwe
But, 1959 was still Eisenhower and a great time.

Ahhh, Ike. The last President to actually BALANCE the budget and pay down the national debt! No one since has ever actually had a surplus - the national debt has increased every year.

11 posted on 04/29/2009 3:22:42 PM PDT by PugetSoundSoldier (Indignation over the sting of truth is the defense of the indefensible)
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To: PugetSoundSoldier
You're right. Here's a link to the yearly public debt since 1790:

http://www.economagic.com/em-cgi/data.exe/treas/pubdebt

15 posted on 04/29/2009 4:00:30 PM PDT by Ken H
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