智慧的美國人民一直不信任政府,其對政府幾百年來的不懈監督、制約,及自身的自信、自強不息、驚人的創造力,導致美國成為世界第一強國、歷史上最成功的民主政體。
關於政府之不可信,昨天本人指出克林頓為誇張自己政績而在做帳時玩貓膩,是這方面的大師。並舉了下面的例子:
下面是小克當總統期間的國債(見粗體紅色部分):
Fiscal Year | Year Ending | National Debt | Deficit |
FY1993 | 09/30/1993 | $4.411488 trillion | |
FY1994 | 09/30/1994 | $4.692749 trillion | $281.26 billion |
FY1995 | 09/29/1995 | $4.973982 trillion | $281.23 billion |
FY1996 | 09/30/1996 | $5.224810 trillion | $250.83 billion |
FY1997 | 09/30/1997 | $5.413146 trillion | $188.34 billion |
FY1998 | 09/30/1998 | $5.526193 trillion | $113.05 billion |
FY1999 | 09/30/1999 | $5.656270 trillion | $130.08 billion |
FY2000 | 09/29/2000 | $5.674178 trillion | $17.91 billion |
FY2001 | 09/28/2001 | $5.807463 trillion | $133.29 billion |
明明是國債年年見漲,政府赤字從未消失,不想經過小克一忽悠,竟然玩出surplus來了(見粗體紅色部分):
Fiscal Year | End Date | Claimed Surplus | Public Debt | Intra-gov Holdings | Total National Debt |
FY1997 | 09/30/1997 | | $3.789667T | $1.623478T | $5.413146T |
FY1998 | 09/30/1998 | $69.2B | $3.733864T |