The Democrats keep pointing to Clinton and claiming that he balanced the budget, and even ran a surplus, but it seems like no one has bothered to check the figures. Read the figures below, obtained from the US Treasury, and see for yourself:
National Debt on September 30 of each year (the last day of the Fiscal year); followed by the deficit that increased it
1993 4,406,339,573,433 The start of Clinton's first budget
1994 4,692,749,910,013.....286,410,336,580
1995 4,973,982,900,709.....281,232,990,696
1996 5,224,810,939,135.....250,828,038,426
1997 5,413,146,011,397.....188,335,072,262
1998 5,526,193,008,897.....113,046,997,500
1999 5,656,270,901,633.....130,077,892,736
2000 5,674,178,209,886..... 17,909,308,253
2001 5,807,463,412,200.....133,285,202,914 (Bush assumed the helm Jan 1, 2001)
Sure, he came close with an $18 billion deficit in FY 2000, but that is certainly not a surplus. Clinton ran a deficit every year he was in office.
