[Nik Naym]

"President Bush inherited a handsome budget surplus."

What a load of hooey. The idea here is for the writer to imply that there was a pile of cash sitting around.

The national DEBT was and still is there. There is and was no "surplus" of any kind.

So many supposedly intelligent people can't seem to understand that a zero budget deficit does NOT mean there is no DEBT.

DEFICIT is not the same as DEBT.

[Huck]

The national DEBT was and still is there. There is and was no "surplus" of any kind.

During the surplus years, we took in more than we spent, and actually paid down some of the debt.

[chris1]

I think that until there is some real spending cuts there should be no talk of a surplus. Its simply unacceptable to have such pork barrel spending.

[SierraWasp]

Hey! That's way too deep for most American voters to think about. I mean shucks... with the "Motor Voter" laws... truck/bus loads of voters aren't even Americans after all!!! Cheer UP!!! (smirk)