A balanced budget did not occur either with or without Newt. Our national debt has increased each and every year since 1969. It was a lie when Clinton took credit for a budget surplus. Why isn’t it a lie when Gingrich does the same thing?
“A balanced budget did not occur either with or without Newt. Our national debt has increased each and every year since 1969. It was a lie when Clinton took credit for a budget surplus. Why isn’t it a lie when Gingrich does the same thing?”
There were actually a few years in the late 90s when we ran a surplus for the year, but it’s true that we didn’t make a huge dent in the overall federal debt during that time. The point, however, is that if Newt was not speaker, we would not have reduced (or not increased) spending to the point where we actually had annual surpluses. Just look at the retards we have running the House GOP today, they don’t have to stomach to trim the budget even a couple billion dollars, let alone tackle our $1.5 trillion annual deficit. And welfare reform-this is another thing he deserves credit for, he put it on Clinton’s desk 3 times and Clinton finally signed it.
Newt’s not my candidate, I’m going with Perry. But you need to give credit where it’s due. Newt’s record as Speaker is pretty damn good considering he was fighting a Dem POTUS the whole time. I will definitely take that record over RINO Romney and his “progressive” governing style in Mass any day.