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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts) Sat Mar 30, 2013, 03:16 PM Mar 2013

94% of Americans don't know the budget deficit is getting smaller

http://blog.ourfuture.org/20130226/deficit-is-falling-dramatically-but-only-6-know-that

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94% of Americans don't know the budget deficit is getting smaller (Original Post) Playinghardball Mar 2013 OP

and fewer know that bu$h the republican SQUANDERED a surplus. spanone Mar 2013 #1

That point always gets ignored/forgotten Victor_c3 Mar 2013 #5

K&R & shared. silverweb Mar 2013 #2

k&r n/t RainDog Mar 2013 #3

That's because they don't know the difference between the deficit and the debt. Sirveri Mar 2013 #4

spanone

(135,841 posts)

1. and fewer know that bu$h the republican SQUANDERED a surplus.

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 03:30 PM

Mar 2013

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)

5. That point always gets ignored/forgotten

Reply to spanone (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 31, 2013, 06:29 AM

Mar 2013

It's funny how the conservatives are suddenly going crazy about the deficit now that a democrat is in control when they could care less about it when their buddy w. bush was running the show