> China, an act which Mr. Clinton recognized (remember a Treasury surplus)
>> China, an act which Mr. Clinton recognized (remember a Treasury surplus)
>
> You fell for that one huh? Sorry but there was no actual surplus. In
> no year during Clintons term did revenue exceed spending. The surplus
> was only a projection but people seemed to take it to be actual $'s and
> appears they still do.
Accounting has its many forms, as do statistics, and they can all be
read in many ways.
In your haste to quibble with my understanding of national budgets ten
year ago, you paid no attention to my remarks about China owning a
goodly portion of the US debt, and the threat to our economy that would
ensue from China's unloading that debt onto the world market.
Do you disagree that China has financed our wars in far-away places?
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miles - 10 Aug 2007 14:32 GMT
> In your haste to quibble with my understanding of national budgets ten
> year ago, you paid no attention to my remarks about China owning a
> goodly portion of the US debt, and the threat to our economy that would
> ensue from China's unloading that debt onto the world market.
>
> Do you disagree that China has financed our wars in far-away places?
Japan investors hold the most US debt. Japan, China, Taiwan, and South
Korea hold 40% of our government debt.
However, my reply was regarding your absurd comment about the Clinton
'Surplus'. There never was a surplus. Only a wishful projection which
per your statement is one of the many forms accounting can take.
Doesn't change the fact that actual $'s in revenue never once exceeded
spending in any year of Clintons term. Not one. So if you can't get
that basic concept down then theres little reason to discuss foreign
debt. You didn't even correctly name which country holds the most debt.
Sheesh!!