[ExI] Justifiable Lies

John Clark johnkclark at gmail.com
Wed May 11 21:44:44 UTC 2016


On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 4:50 PM, spike <spike66 at att.net> wrote:

​>>​
>> That lecherous adulterous fellow Bill Clinton that you think should have
>> been kicked out of office did  [balance the budget
>> ​ for 4 years​
>> ]
>
>

​> ​
> If he really did that (not just by accounting tricks such as raiding
> Social Security) then we should be working to repeal the 22nd amendment and
> instead elect Bill.


​
You said that not me. And if it was all some mysterious accounting trick
why didn't George Bush use that wonderful trick before Clinton, and why did
George W Bush stop using that wonderful trick as soon as he got into office?


> ​>​
> John, you do realize why interest rates are not going up, ja?  If they do,
> the federal government cannot pay the interest on its own debt.
>
> ​Oh come on Spike, the Republicans have
​
been
​
predicting sky high interest rates and astronomical inflation for
​
well
​
over a decade, and no matter how
​ you​
try to spin it or how many excuses
​
you make
​
they were *DEAD WRONG*; exactly the opposite of what they predicted would
happen happened. But perhaps I shouldn't judge them too harshly, as Yogi
Berra said "Predicting is hard, especially about the future".

John K Clark
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