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- From: mlbruce@husc11.harvard.edu (Matthew Bruce)
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- Subject: Re: Deficit
- Message-ID: <mlbruce.727596260@husc.harvard.edu>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 06:04:20 GMT
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- cstone@husc8.harvard.edu (christopher stone) writes:
-
- >Two comments:
-
- >1) I believe that the deficit *as a percentage of GNP* is not much
- >larger than it was in earlier decades.
-
- As percent of GNP, from what I've read it stayed pretty level under
- Reagan, but under Bush (esp. after the 1990 package) it skyrocketed as
- percent of GNP. Still, as this is fact not opinion in question, we'd just
- have to "look it up."
-
- >2) The conservatives, a few years ago, were arguing that deficits
- >were not as damaging as everyone said they were...just goes to
- >prove that "where you stand depends on where you sit." :)
-
- >I personally have not decided with whom to side in this thread yet.
-
- >Chris
-