Re: Balanced Budgets!

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From: Mark Doldon
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 00:00

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Let's give it up, folks.  

This guy wouldn't understand the difference between a budget and a
balance sheet if one of then jumped up and bit him on the ass.

D. Olynyk wrote:
> 
> If I were you, I'd stay out of economics.  If I were to extrapolate, I'd then
> suggest you stay out of writing and comedy as well.
> 
> In article <1123_909283502@light90.lightspeed.bc.ca>,
> The_Voltairian@existentialist.van.bc.ca=http://CourtJester.dragonfire.
> net/Form/ (The Voltairian) wrote:
> >On Sat, 24 Oct 1998 03:47:14 GMT, Mark Doldon <mdoldon@home.com> wrote:
> >> Do you not understand basic economics?
> >>
> >> There is a difference between a budget, which represents the amounts
> >> coming in and going out, and an asset/liability accounting, which does
> >> take into account debt.
> >>
> >> You were discussing budgets, which do not account for debt, only debt
> >> payments.
> >>
> >
> >They important question is, shouldn't it account for debt?
> >
> >G�l�k Zolt�n Leenderdt Franco Buday
> >Court(Crt)Jester
> >Free-Lance Writer; Comedian/Humourist
> >Vancouver, BC

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From: Mark Doldon <mdoldon@home.com>
Subject: Re: Balanced Budgets!
Date: 1998/10/25
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