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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-19-05 01:43 AM
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Republican Fiscal Conservative Achievements
THE TOOTH FAIRY, EASTER BUNNY, AND REPUBLICAN FISCAL CONSERVATIVES

National Debt (The Birth Tax) as of 10:18A.M. 11/15/05

•Current debt $8.1 Trillion
•Per person debt of $27,183.17
•Debt increasing at a rate of $5.62 per day per person
•Debt when Bush took office $5.3 Trillion

Increase under the last 4 presidents:

1. Reagan increased $1.7 Trillion in 8 years 180% increase
2. Bush I increased $1.5 Trillion in 4 years 56% increase
3. Clinton increased $1.6 Trillion in 8 years 40% increase, last three years paying down the debt
4. Bush II increased $2.4 Trillion in 4 years 43% increase

The last three Republican presidents have increased the debt $5.6 trillion or 72% of the total debt.

Data from the National Debt Clock and CNN

http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-19-05 01:51 AM
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1. Republican and conservative....they don't go together anymore.
It makes you wonder if they ever did.
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