[Rhodes22-list] Politics and discussion between Slim, Brad, et al.

[Rik Sandberg]

Gosh Dave, that all sounds good when you say it fast, but you forget to 
mention who made the messes these presidents inherited that made for the 
need to borrow that money in the first place.

It isn't QUITE as simple as lining the debt numbers up with the dates of 
the elections.

Rik

> As for checking your brain at the door: I'm not asking that you check your  
> brain at the door, I'm challenging you to use it.  Go to ustreas.gov, break  
> down the national debt by political administration, see which Presidents,  and 
> which political parties, ran up the national debt.  You will have  to use your 
> brain to do the steps outlined above, the government doesn't have a  single 
> chart that states "Reagan, BushI, and BushII Did It!",  but if you  do dig just 
> a little bit you will find they are the guys responsible for the  substantial 
> majority of the total debt incurred by the United States government  over the 
> past 200+ years.  Try it, you'll see I'm right.