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Another set of numbers from our new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll: 60 percent say President Obama inherited the current economic conditions, compared with 26 percent who blame his policies for the state of the economy.
That's a slight change from Aug. 2011, when 56 percent said the president inherited the economy, versus 33 percent who singled out his policies.
Yet when asked in a separate question whether the president’s policies have helped or hurt the economy, 33 percent say they’ve hurt; 32 percent say they’ve helped; and another 32 percent answer that they haven’t made much of a difference.
The full NBC/WSJ poll -- which was conducted of 1,000 adults and which has a margin of error of plus-minus 3.1 percentage points -- is released at 6:30 pm ET.
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sorry about the double post, I am having real trouble trying to correct my typos on this system so it either posts twice or not at all. Maybe the moderater can delete the first one.
Jennifer-2446215
When Bush took office there was a national debt of around 5.8 trillion dollars. When the Clinton administration had Microsoft investigated for violation of anti-trust laws the dot-com boom that contributed to Clinton's surplus went bust.
Even though Clinton had a budget surplus the last four years of his administration the national debt went up over 1.5 trillion for the full eight years of his term.
Do you really understand what is meant by Clinton's "surplus" Do you think the national debt was eliminated because of it.
IF YOU THINK THERE WAS A POSITIVE BALANCE IN THE TREASURY AT THE END OF THE CLINTON PRESIDENCY YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND CHECK BECAUSE YOU WOULD BE WRONG. A GOOD PLACE TO LOOK WOULD BE "DEBT TO THE PENNY" WHICH IS A WEBSITE OPERATED BY THE US TREASURY.
IT'S NOTHING BUT THE LILLY WHITE KKK MENTALITY , '' AND THE GOZILLIONAIRES '' THAT ARE TRYING TO REVERSE THE TRUTH OF THE FACT THAT '' BUSH AND HIS WMD ADMINISTRATION , BANKRUPT THE USA.'' ( AND GOD BLESS THE TRUTH ) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!