Michelle Steiner wrote:


And under Bush, the rate of spending more than it makes has been
accelerating. Instead of being able to pay down the debt, as we were
under Clinton, we're increasing the debt.


Please cite the pay down in debt that happened in the Clinton
years. Never happened; the national debt increased every year. It is
greater under Bush BUT Clinton did nothing but a few bookkeeping
tricks and the result was a projected surplus not any actual surplus/
pay down of debt.
Jim