Ten Years After

The Tea Party crowd is in a frenzy over rising deficits and the national debt.
 
In Asheville Friday, Republican candidates fell all over themselves at a Tea Party meeting that featured a clock tracking the debt.
 
Do these people have any memory cells whatsoever?
 
Obviously not, so let me remind them that, just 10 years ago, the budget deficit was heading toward zero. The debate in Washington was whether to spend the coming surplus on Social Security, tax cuts or paying down the debt.
 
That’s right: paying down the debt.
 
That was during the administration of a Democratic President named Bill Clinton. Before George Bush and a Republican Congress wrecked the budget.
 
And the Tea Party wants to return that crowd to power?
 
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Ten Years After

The Tea Party crowd is in a frenzy over rising deficits and the national debt.
 
In Asheville Friday, Republican candidates fell all over themselves at a Tea Party meeting that featured a clock tracking the debt.
 
Do these people have any memory cells whatsoever?
 
Obviously not, so let me remind them that, just 10 years ago, the budget deficit was heading toward zero. The debate in Washington was whether to spend the coming surplus on Social Security, tax cuts or paying down the debt.
 
That’s right: paying down the debt.
 
That was during the administration of a Democratic President named Bill Clinton. Before George Bush and a Republican Congress wrecked the budget.
 
And the Tea Party wants to return that crowd to power?
 
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