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face="Times New Roman">National debt run up
<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></B></P>
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style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><o:p><U><FONT
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face="Times New Roman">Time it
took<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></B></P></TD>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Major events
<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></B></P></TD>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
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face="Times New Roman">Cumulative national debt left after each President
<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></B></P></TD></TR></THEAD>
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style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">First 39
Presidents<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">$900 billion<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">200 years<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
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style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Revolutionary War Civil War, WW I, WW II, Korean
War, Vietnam War, 1930 Depression, Cold
War<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">$900 billion<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Reagan<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">$1.8 trillion <o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">8 years <o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Cold War and <o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">minor wars<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 81pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">$2.7
trillion<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Bush I <o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
<TD
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">$1.5 trillion <o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">4 years <o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
<TD
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
/><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Iraq</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"> War I
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></P></TD>
<TD
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">$4.2 trillion<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><o:p><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></U></o:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Clinton</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></P></TD>
<TD
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">$1.6 trillion <o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 67.7pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">8 years <o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 109.15pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Yugoslavian wars.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Welfare reform.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Clinton</SPAN></st1:place></st1:City><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"> had budget surpluses
in last years of term; last previous surplus was in 1969 in the midst of
the Vietnam War.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></P></TD>
<TD
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">$5.8
trillion<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD></TR>
<TR style="mso-yfti-irow: 5">
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 78.1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Bush II<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
<TD
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">$2.7 trillion <o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 67.7pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">5.5 years<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
<TD
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><st1:country-region><st1:place><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Iraq</SPAN></st1:place></st1:country-region><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"> War II, War on
Terror, <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></U></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">tax cuts and more tax
cuts,<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">federal spending gone wild
<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><o:p><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></U></o:p></SPAN></P></TD>
<TD
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">$8.5 trillion<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><o:p><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></U></o:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR>
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<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt solid; WIDTH: 78.1pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Bush II<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><o:p><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></U></o:p></SPAN></P></TD>
<TD
style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt solid; PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; BORDER-TOP: #ece9d8; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: #ece9d8; WIDTH: 74.45pt; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt"
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">$300 billion<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Projected: August 2006 --January
2007<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">More of the same, with the <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">only</I> Bush veto on stem cell
research, not spending.<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P></TD>
<TD
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman">$8.8 trillion<o:p></o:p></FONT></U></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><o:p><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></U></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><o:p><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></U></o:p></SPAN></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Sources:</SPAN></B><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"> Bureau of Public
</SPAN><st1:place><st1:City><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Debt</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">,
</SPAN><st1:country-region><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">US</SPAN></st1:country-region></st1:place><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"> Treasury Department.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Debt depicted on
</SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">Idaho</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none">
map.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT></U></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><o:p><U><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3> </FONT></U></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none"><U><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Democrats are supposed to be the irresponsible tax and
spend Marxists, but Otter/Bush record tells us a different story in the last six
years -- it has been tax cuts and wild spending.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In case it comes up as an explanation
for the massive debt, the Iraq War makes up less that 4 percent of the national
debt run-up by
Otter/Bush.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></U></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>