Disabuse yourselves

Hey! You have my permission :-)

First, about that famous balanced budget everyone attributes to Bill Clinton (i.e. THE BLUE PILL):

While not defending the increase of the federal debt under President Bush, it's curious to see Clinton's record promoted as having generated a surplus. It never happened. There was never a surplus and the facts support that position. In fact, far from a $360 billion reduction in the national debt in FY1998-FY2000, there was an increase of $281 billion.

Verifying this is as simple as accessing the U.S. Treasury (see note about this link below) website where the national debt is updated daily and a history of the debt since January 1993 can be obtained.

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And then, if you can stomach THE RED PILL:
Why Iraq Was Inevitable