The government was running a surplus when the Republicans took over in 2001. The Republicans made a series of choices to run a deficit. I know that is an unsettling fact but it is a fact none the less.
The government was running a surplus when the Republicans took over in 2001. The Republicans made a series of choices to run a deficit. I know that is an unsettling fact but it is a fact none the less.
Those figures include the SS surplus, which was put into the General Fund. Without these funds, Clinton ran a deficit every year and our national debt grew about 30% under Clinton, who had the benefit of the Peace Dividend (he reduced our military by over a third) and the dot.com bubble. The Rep Congress also forced him to sign welfare reform on the third try.