What was the national deficit  after Mr Clinton? What is the deficit now that Mr Bush is in office?
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Hey Redd, Do you remember the old TV commercials saying, "this is your brain before drugs and this is your brain after, and then the guy cracks an egg and fries it. The same principle applies here but unfortunately with our country. Our country before Bush jr.; no deficit, race relations were better, international relations better, etc. and after/during Bush.....well you can "look around" and see for yourself. Our country has become the proverbial "fried egg" so to speak. ;)  Oh almost forgot, the economy. I know it was better for me and all those around me BEFORE Bush, Now Bush talks about job growth, that's great if you want a job at Taco Bell or Burger King, but in terms of real growth, it's not happening.
345037
i assume you mean the U.S. deficit...just keep printing more money and it will be ok.....lol
644286
Republican administrations have run up 95% of the deficits over 45 years. The amount of Republican deficit spending is 17 times the amount of Democratic deficit spending. So let’s look at averages. \nOn average, Republican Administrations’ deficits exceeded Democratic ones by 14 to 1. The Republican Administrations borrowed more than the Democrats by a factor of 4 to 1. \nAt the level run up by the Republicans it seems more like theft than investment. \nThe 2006 Budget (with a new supplemental) shows a deficit of $472 Billion. It does not include the $100 to 200 Billion dollars a year borrowing projected to fund the Republican Social Security plan. The total deficit could reach $600 Billion in 2006, more than the entire federal budget before Ronald Reagan. \nThe Administration has trumpeted its call for elimination or cuts in 150 programs. But Forbes Magazine reports the 2005 budget called for the same in 128 programs and the Republican Congress only eliminated 4 and reduced 20. And the Republican Congress shows no signs of restraint. Senator Coleman’s press release on the 2006 Budget calls for increases in spending in at least 10 major programs and proposes not one cent in reduction in spending. He apparently thinks the deficit is not large enough. He is not alone. Congressional Republicans have no track record on fighting deficits. Of the $4.3 Trillion in recent Republican Presidential deficits, about 45% were run up when Republicans also controlled the House and Senate and another 30% when they also controlled one House of Congress.
99141
clinton, hands down everything in the econ. was up with clinton in office. also he left office with a surplus in the budget, where now we are dulging into social security and going futher into a deficety everyday with bush.
862005
The deficit. It's still the economy
253652
economy is NOT booming.. The economy is suffering from the highest deficit of ALL time. 7 TRILLION dollars.\n\nbush's poll numbers are so low they're at the same level as Nixon's when he resigned office because he was facing impeachment. The lowest of any president of ALL time!\n\n- we're not winning the war. we're hundreds of billions of dollars in the hole. 2,000+ dead... 20,000+ wounded... no WMD's, a super strong insurgency, a hotbed for al queda (wasn't any in iraq before the war)\n- bin laden is still alive and planning, american's are being spyed on\n- the disdain for america is mounting from all sectors of the world\n- china and india are on their way to taking america's place as the world's super powers in 30-40 years, \n- un-employment has increased since bush first took office\n- civil liberties are disappearing\n- and the list goes on and on..\n\nthe healthiest the econonmy has been, the safest america has been was during the 8 years clinton was in office...\na libby...
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The long and the short of it is that government cut spending and balanced the budget under the Clinton administration, then STARTED collected more taxes than were being spent by the time Bush took office. This amounted to a PROJECTED surplus, not a real one "yet."\n\nBush continued and worked on cutting domestic spending (where Clinton cut spending in military) and pushed through tax cuts to stimulate the economy that was floundering when he took office, and then, of course the war on terror broke out. Though 'fixing social security' and rebuilding the military was part of his platform, (he really needed to rebuild it quickly now). Any of the PROJECTED surplus was spent away and the budget hasn't been balanced since (go figure) and no additional debt reduction was ever pursued.\n\nSo, the surplus you hear about never really came into being and the national debt has been steadily going up for over 50 years without any sign of being reduced. \n\nSo, since most of the government's IOU's are in the budget columns of social security, you had better invest into a 401k! Hope that makes sense....
114710
Amazingly, President Bush has managed, with his batty attack on Iraq, to drain the treasury of the credit balance Clinton left it with and turn it into a huge deficit.  Maybe a drop in the dollar's value will give a temporary boost to exports, but that won't go anywhere to offset the tragedy.  Bill got blown, but George has blown America : her finances AND her moral credibility.  I don't know which is worse.  I just don't want to think about it.
99771
The whoal thing is a joke...Reduce deficit..lol...WAKE UP AMERICA...I dunno what the heck you guys are doing...but...get off the couch and do something about it..Bush is killing America and its freedoms..and his sights seem set for  the world..that will not happen...the world will not tolerate as much as America does to its own...
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You are horribly uneducated.  If you call increasing our national debt by billions of dollars per year being economically sound, what happens when the bottom falls out.  I would hardly call this economy booming.  You also fail to mention that Bill Clinton operated with a budget surplus while Bush operates with a huge deficit.  This may be because of the war, but the war was Bush's main cause.  Oh andby the way how is that war coming along.  There is nor end in site and it could be decades before we are able to withdraw.  When Clinton dealt with Iraq he did it with surgical precision and took care of the situation in Iraq without having any type of extended conflict.  The main difference is that the rest of the world repected Clinton, but no one respects Bush.  You also fail to mention that since our commander in chief took power, not one, but two countries have began enriched uranium programs.  In case you don't know what that means, it means they have the power to make nuclear weapons.  One leader directly said they did it because of our president's attitude toward him.  That is good leadership.  Also, since NAFTA there has been a net increase in American jobs, my college international business teacher stresses that fact all the time.  So while we have lost low paying jobs we havce gained even more higher paying jobs.  Look it up, it is a fact.  Clinton did not fire those workers.  Poor business management fired those workers.  They were fired because they were overpayed by incompetent bosses.  Don't blame a president for that.  And you can thank Bill Clinton for the lower prices you enjoy because of NAFTA.  So good question, actually it is not a good question because you are comparing apples to oranges and your facts are wrong.  Congratulations.\nP.S. and G.W. wants to cut educational spendning, so if you want to go to college someday, he wants to make sure you have to pay more.\nP.P.S. and your wonderfol president wants it to be legal to essentially "spy" on you and every other citizen.
581829
GEESH!! SEE WHAT THIS BUSH ECONOMY IS DOING TO PEOPLE!!
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The budgeted deficit is measured by subtracting all of the budgeted expenditures from budgeted revenues. The actual deficit is measured by subtracting actual expenditures from actual income.
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As of Today the Department of Public Debt says the Amount of Debt owed by the U.S. is $8,165,647,324,627.69\n\nIt won't be paid by us but it will probably come due for our children.
268432
I have to disagree with the guy above, about the 3 Trillion it is 8 Trillion and President Clinton balanced the budget in the late 90's with reserves. This debt has come from this administration solely, and they don't care. Why would a millionaire care about $2.50- $5.00 at the pump when they are making more money off of the stock options? The answer is #C and #D and the lenders are part of the problem for America they are the lobbyists that elected this administration.
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I have been looking at the answers and other than the first one I think a lot of them are candidates for best answer.  I do NOT think he is a wonderful president.  The surplus was chewed up and now there is a booming deficit, while here in Canada we still have a surplus.  The current account deficit is at all time highs.  Then there are wars waged on false info.  Gini index is approaching that of third worlds (the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer).  OK he stands up for morals but also has presided over more executions as Governor and his brother being second at the same time.  OK my rant is over everybody have a nice day
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Clinton did something (with a Republican Congress, mind you) that Bush will never be able to do - balance a budget. Bush has NEVER vetoes a single spending bill that has come across his desk. Dems may be tax-and-spend, but Republicans are cut taxes-and-spend even more. Which is worse? Gotta go with Clinton on this one. He has ineffectual as a Commander-in-Chief but he wasn't afraid to break out the red veto stamp when it was needed.
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I really think the George Bush administration has sent America backwards 50 years. I don't have to go into all of the obvious inflation. Bush hasn't vetoed any spending legislation, or any legislation at all. It's all poor leadership.