Originally Posted by
seafeye
Your short term memory is failing you.
Bill Clinton left with a balanced budget. George Bush doubled the national debt and military spending was up to almost $800 billion. 1/2 of the worlds total.
If you rack up $100,000 in credit card debt then pass it on to your kids, it grows to $125,000. Is it really your kids fault?
Well, you do have someone's talking points down.
Clinton did NOT have anywhere close to a balanced budget,,, until Newt and his 'Contract with America' took over. Look it up.
Clinton even said himself that the budget would not be balanced, but the short lived fiscal responsibility that ended the Clinton administration was not of Clinton's doing. He was too busy putting out fires he lit with his pants down. The Republicans, not of the RINO variety which seem to be the only kind that exist today, were in charge of both houses of Congress if memory serves.
But that certainly doesn't keep Bill from trying to take credit for it.