Letter to the Editor -- Graves and deficit spending

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Sam Graves has been involved in a spending frenzy during the past 8 years, without covering the costs of that spending. This is known as "deficit spending".
The budget has ballooned from $1.8 trillion in 2000, to a projected $3 trillion for 2008. In 2000 there was a budget surplus of $230 billion, compared to a projected budget deficit in 2008 of $410 billion. The national debt has now risen to an incredible $10 trillion! Congressman Sam Graves SUPPORTS deficit-spending. Add to this dismal lack of fiscal responsibility --- the dramatic rise in oil and gasoline prices, the crash in sub-prime mortgages, the bank credit debacle, and the deflation in home values. We can NOT afford another two years of "Gravenomics"!
Kay Barnes has a record of economic growth as mayor of Kansas City. Kay Barnes has an ability to work with a diversity of viewpoints to achieve economic success.

David Raffel
Parkville, MO