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I.O.U.S.A.: a Case for Fiscally Responsible Government

I.O.U.S.A.: a Case for Fiscally Responsible Government

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Pamela Powers
Jan 02, 2010
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Pontificating about the national debt and fiscal responsibility is popular campaign rhetoric, but politicians haven't done anything significant to reduce the national debt since President Bill Clinton was in office.

In fact, under President George W. Bush, Clinton's $127 billion surplus was transformed into a record $455 billion deficit-- through repeate…

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