You can argue that it`s in everybody`s interest to maintain a positive spin, but the point is the fundamentals in Indonesia and across the region are healthier than the case in 1997-98, particularly with most of the countries running current account surpluses and not dependent on borrowings from overseas.
- David CohenPresident Clinton was able to achieve budget surpluses despite a divided government.
- Jim CooperPeople dare not price in the surpluses they see.
- Deborah WhiteFor one thing, one of the wonderful things that we now have is instead of the huge budget surpluses that President Clinton left us with, we now have these huge deficits that we`re going to be facing into the future.
- Alex RamirezDemocrats balanced the budget for the first time in a generation, had record surpluses, low unemployment, low interest rates, low inflation.
- Andi Wise