Question about the Federal Government Expenditures vs Federal Government Receipts —
Around about 2000 it clearly shows a surplus. I know Clinton talked about it, and the Dems brag about it, but I was under the impression that we never had anything more than a “projected” surplus. I didn’t think we had one in actuality.
Am I wrong? Did the federal government “show a profit” for a few years?
If was a phony statistic
The true cost of operation was
pushed forward into the following years
There has not been a true operating surplus in decades
especially taking into account the unfunded mandates of Medicare
as i recall when the government started climbing out of debt then the politicians said debt didnt matter...started spending again....9-11 was just a good excuse...and the failure of the stock market was just another good excuse to spend spend spend.all the spending is not fixing anything but your politicians bank account...where are the jobs??? fixing mortgages, cash for clunkers, extended benifits, so called green jobs...none of these bandaids are fixing the problem...are you better off today than before Obama took office???? I know ...its Bush’s fault. But he was the one asking a republican congress and at the end a democrat congress to be more frugal..just throwing money around never fixes anything...and they aren’t even throwing it in the right direction...pro bussiness, pro productivity..lower taxes...thats all that will help..we are doing the opposite....sory for rant.