Re: Convenient budget surpluses and embassy bombings?

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From: Andy Walton
Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 00:00

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In article <3618AF9E.FA7888C1@darientel.net>, Charlie German
<cgerman@darientel.net> wrote:

  :With a budget surplus such as stated, the government could give every man
  :woman and child in the Us a million dollars each and have money left over. 

I must have missed the press release where they announced a 275 trillion
dollar ($275,000,000,000,000) surplus.

Check your math.
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From: atticus@mindspring.com (Andy Walton)
Subject: Re: Convenient budget surpluses and embassy bombings?
Date: 1998/10/06
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