Anybody else see the U.S. credit rating drop?

While not defending the increase of the federal debt under President Bush, it’s curious to see Clinton’s record promoted as having generated a surplus. It never happened. There was never a surplus and the facts support that position. In fact, far from a $360 billion reduction in the national debt in FY1998-FY2000, there was an increase of $281 billion.

You resident financial experts better check your stories.

By the way, useless cuts don’t help the economy.

Hard to balance a budget book when millitary blows it all away on AC and rust prevention among other things.

There are plenty of government agencies that can be eliminated that are useless.

Get rid of lobbyists and big business influence if you want to start getting out of this mess.