haven't you read where the debt has now dropped $100 billion

No, I haven't. But I have read where the debt is now at the highest it has ever been in the history of the United States.

http://www.uncle-scam.com/Natl-Debt/nd-main.html

The national debt was dropping a bit during the Clinton administration, but it has been steadily climbing under GW Bush unil it is now the largest debt in the history of this country...

Debt as of September of 2000:

$5,674,178,209,886,86

Current debt:

$7,887,617,581,195.58


There was a slight drop between the months of March and April of 2005...

March:

$7,776,939,047,670.14

April:

$7,764,537,337,364.14


...but by May of 2005, it was climbing again and has been ever since, and is now the highest it's ever been.