Federal spending increases during the Clinton 1990’s in million of dollars:
1990 1,253,130
1995 1,515,884
2000 1,789,216
So you see from these figures that Clinton increased spending almost by one half a trillion dollars.
proof:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0104753.html
I am not sticking up for X42, but to be fair you should report GWB’s numbers as well.
Spending and balancing the budget are two different, even if related, things. You can increase spending and balance a budget. And, you have already admitted that the budget did balance during Clinton’s admin. Where has it gone with Bush?
Say what you want, but, suprisingly, Clinton did consistently push for balanced spending, even if we don’t agree with how it was spent or how he got there. Bush, OTOH, has been horribly irresponsible. Instead of ACTING like a fiscal conservative, he has acted like a liberal, doing nothing to curb either the size of government or its out of control spending.