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Another example of bullcrap propaganda
To Wit:
Now, let us see what the real deficit numbers were for 2006-2007 (and The GOP did not hold all of congress in 2007, BTW):
$500,679,000 http://home.adelphi.edu/sbloch/deficits.html
Why the difference? Mr FUD didn't include war spending, and did include Social Security fund excess as a general income source. Repubs love to talk about the debt but never like to discuss exactly how it got there...
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