As stated in previous email, our interest payments alone are $330 billion. This comes from taxes that you and I pay. Our govt's habit of spending more than they "earn" has happened every year since 1969. Don't expect this to just magically happen forever.
Adam. > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick McClure [mailto:cf-lists@;king-nacho.com] > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 11:36 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Hillary still isn't over it! > > > I wanted to pay down my debt. > > Again, what is the real benefit of paying down the national > debt, I ask > seriously, what problems does having it cause? > > At 12:17 PM 10/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >It was an election ploy, plain and simple. Gore wanted to > pay down the > >debt which would have been the fiscally > >responsible thing to do. Unfortunately, Americans were more > interested in > >getting a smaller benefit now rather than a > >much greater benefit later. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
