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TNDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:12 AM Original message |
Who was the last president to balance the budget before Clinton? |
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baldguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
1. Eisenhower |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
2. I think it was LBJ? |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. Nixon |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Was he dipping into Social Security? |
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kenfrequed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:46 AM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Err... |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:56 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. That accounting scam has been true for every president since LBJ. |
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Dogmudgeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
5. Carter, I think, ran a surplus in 1978 |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:03 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. You are correct - the one recent president who does not get credit for it |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. No Carter-era budget was ever in surplus. |
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WeDidIt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
6. Andrew Jackson. n/t |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
8. Here's a link that might help? |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
9. Hope this is useful..... |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-22-10 10:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I wonder how authentic this truly is. |
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