The result of our abdication of ownership (of our country)  
and the responsibility for governing same (to individuals more 
interested in themselves) than in the mandate given to them  
by voters =  
THE NATIONAL DEBT  
"All receipts of the Government (with a few exceptions) are  
deposited to the credit of the U.S. treasury regardless of  
ultimate disposition.  Under the Constitution, no money may  
be withdrawn from the Treasury unless appropriated by the  
Congress." from Statistical Abstract of the U.S., 1991. To  
quote John Carder who said deficit figures given (in a previous
upload "the Deficit") reported from the above Abstract were
UNDERstating the real deficit, "The denizens of Congress  
don't want us to know how much they're spending, so they concocted
-off budget-items.  One way to check is to look at the National 
Debt"  
HEAR HEAR!  
       Reported      The          The National  
Year   Deficit       GAP          Debt  
1965                                 -322.3  
1966      -3.7      -2.5             -328.5  
1967      -8.7      -3.2             -340.4  
1968     -25.1      -3.2             -368.7  
1969       3.3      -0.4             -365.8  
1970      -2.8     -12.3             -380.9  
1971     -23.1      -4.2             -408.2  
1972     -23.4      -4.3             -435.9  
1973     -14.9     -15.5             -466.3  
1974      -6.2     -11.4             -483.9  
1975     -53.2      -4.8             -541.9  
1976     -73.7     -13.4             -629.0  
1977     -53.6     -23.8             -706.4  
1978     -59.1     -11.1             -776.6  
1979     -40.2     -12.1             -828.9  
1980     -73.8      -5.8             -908.5  
1981     -78.9      -6.9             -994.3  
1982    -127.9     -14.6           -1,136.8 one TRILLION dollars!
1983    -207.7     -26.7           -1,371.2   $  60,662.00 
1984    -185.3      -7.6           -1,564.1  
1985    -212.2     -40.7           -1,817.0  
1986    -221.2     -81.9           -2,120.1  
1987    -149.7     -75.8           -2,345.6  
1988    -155.0    -100.2           -2,600.8  
1989    -151.9    -113.5           -2,866.2   $  89,500.00 
1990    -220.4     -26.7           -3,113.3  
1991    -268.7                      Not given  
1992    -399.4 est                  Not given $ 125,000.00 
That's right, add columns 1 and 2 to identify real Congressional
spending. 
An invitation to write your Congressmen and Senators  
to ask what they've been doing with our money, and why they've  
been lying about it.  They probably think they've been doing 
an excellent job because they've also given themselves handsome 
raises - from $ 60,662.00 in 1983 to $ 89,500.00 in 1989.  Then,
in 1992 when our total deficit will probably exceed FOUR TRILLION
DOLLARS,  Congressional annual pay comes in at $ 125,000.00.  
small wonder many of them have chosen not to run for election and
decided to run for cover instead with generous pensions - sometimes
in excess of their salaries - courtesy of the American taxpayer. 
No wonder they treat us as "jerks".  
They will only begin to pay attention to us when we become
politically verbal and start insisting upon being heard.


-- courtesy Dave Hughes BBS ini Old Colorado City (see trailer)
thefox%oldcolo@csn.org