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Newest | Oldest Kevin Brent Kevin Brent  The author needs to
just say no to crack. This is not Nazi Germany and the Founding
Fathers had a reason for not making it a requirement to have
been in the military to be President or Vice President. Get your
fascism in check Thompson.  Jim O'Neill Jim O'Neill  Under
Clinton, the federal government had a surplus and had begun to
pay down the national debt.  It accomplished that with most of
the social programs we have today.   The Bush jr tax cuts did
away with the surplus and then two wars, one optional, created
huge deficits.  Then the Great Recession dug us deeper into debt
because during recessions, government spending goes up and
revenues go down. So we are up to our eye balls in debt.  I
agree with Republcans that spending needs to be cut but I also
think that revenue needs to be increased.  When you need more
revenue, you have to go where t