In March of 1997, the "question" (roughly, if the deficit for 1996 was $107 billion, why did the national debt rise $417 billion in one year, six weeks?) was asked of the following:

(We will continually update this list in case of further responses and to give everyone the time to answer.)

(As of 5/01/98, there are only five (5) responses that are other than "form letters" and worthy of viewing. These are marked with a )

When viewing responses you should also know that appropriate qualifications were made to each category. For instance, when addressing members of a committee we mentioned that we were not writing as voting constituents but addressing a member because of his or her position on such-and-such committee responsible to all citizens. With the media we appealed to their journalistic responsibilities reporting budget news.

Congress

Senate Finance Committee

Senate Budget Committee

House Budget Committee

The Media