UncleBuck
Well-Known Member
there was no surplus.
http://www.davemanuel.com/history-of-deficits-and-surpluses-in-the-united-states.php
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[TD="width: 47, align: left"]1998[/TD]
[TD="width: 164, align: left"]$69.2 Billion*Surplus[/TD]
[TD="width: 164, align: left"]$99.28 Billion*Surplus[/TD]
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[TD="width: 47, align: left"]1999[/TD]
[TD="width: 164, align: left"]$125.6 Billion*Surplus[/TD]
[TD="width: 164, align: left"]$176.16 Billion*Surplus[/TD]
[TD="width: 28, align: left"]D[/TD]
[TD="width: 28, align: left"]R[/TD]
[TD="width: 28, align: left"]R[/TD]
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[TD="width: 47, align: left"]2000[/TD]
[TD="width: 164, align: left"]$236.4 Billion*Surplus[/TD]
[TD="width: 164, align: left"]$320.76 Billion*Surplus[/TD]
[TD="width: 28, align: left"]D[/TD]
[TD="width: 28, align: left"]R[/TD]
[TD="width: 28, align: left"]R[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="width: 47, align: left"]2001[/TD]
[TD="width: 164, align: left"]$127.3 Billion*Surplus[/TD]
[TD="width: 164, align: left"]$168.16 Billion*Surplus[/TD]
[TD="width: 28, align: left"]R[/TD]
[TD="width: 28, align: left"]D[/TD]
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WOOPS!
i'm using the national debt clock, because that's what republicans use.

DOUBLE WOOPS!!