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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Who caused the deficit? Let the facts speak

See "Obama's and Bush's effects on the deficit in one graph", Ezra Klein, Washington Post, 2011-07-25.
Posted by Mel at 12:17 PM
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Labels: Barack Obama, borrowing, debt ceiling, Democrat, George W. Bush, national debt, Republican, spending, tax cuts
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I have been a programmer of mainframes for Univac, a self-employed programmer of personal computers, a school and transit bus driver, Santa Claus, and a variety of other small jobs until I couldn’t find anybody to pay me for my extensive talents. The only thing left was to be a ski instructor at Spirit Mountain in Duluth. It helped pay for new equipment. When my wife retired, she wouldn't ski if I was teaching, and so now I'm fully retired. Oh, there is writing a blog, cutting firewood, and clearing paths at our cabin, taking and editing pictures, reading, …
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