re: Like him or hate him....he’s been the best President we’ve had in the past 45 years.

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Clinton run a surplus



I see your point now

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I cannot believe there are people who believe "Clinton ran a surplus", like he was the big budget crusader striding all by himself against the forces arraye against him.


Fiscal
Year Year
Ending National Debt Deficit
FY1993 09/30/1993 $4.411488 trillion
FY1994 09/30/1994 $4.692749 trillion $281.26 billion
FY1995 09/29/1995 $4.973982 trillion $281.23 billion
FY1996 09/30/1996 $5.224810 trillion $250.83 billion
FY1997 09/30/1997 $5.413146 trillion $188.34 billion
FY1998 09/30/1998 $5.526193 trillion $113.05 billion
FY1999 09/30/1999 $5.656270 trillion $130.08 billion
FY2000 09/29/2000 $5.674178 trillion $17.91 billion
FY2001 09/28/2001 $5.807463 trillion $133.29 billion

Yep, when he had congress controlled by his party he was really driving that budget deficit down.

What is the difference between the first 2 years and the last 6?

https://www.craigsteiner.us/articles/16 with numbers from the actual government