There were NO budget surpluses during the Clinton Administration - as shown by the United States Treasury web site: http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt.htm
$2,223,641,753 was the last surplus, produced in 1957; that last budget surplus was accomplished during the Eisenhower Administration.
Every year the
The debt and deficits for the years 1950 to 2015 are shown below.
Also, read article on the, “Myth of the Clinton Surplus,” here.
Year |
Federal Debt (FD) |
FD Surplus/Deficit |
|
|
257,357,352,351.04 |
|
|
|
255,221,976,814.93 |
2,135,375,536 |
Truman |
|
259,105,178,785.43 |
3,883,201,971 |
|
|
266,071,061,638.57 |
6,965,882,853 |
Eisenhower |
|
271,259,599,108.46 |
5,188,537,470 |
Eisenhower |
|
274,374,222,802.62 |
3,114,623,694 |
Eisenhower |
|
272,750,813,649.32 |
1,623,409,153 |
Eisenhower |
|
270,527,171,896.43 |
2,223,641,753 |
Eisenhower |
|
276,343,217,745.81 |
5,816,045,849 |
Eisenhower |
|
284,705,907,078.22 |
8,362,689,332 |
Eisenhower |
|
286,330,760,848.37 |
1,624,853,770 |
Eisenhower |
|
288,970,938,610.05 |
2,640,177,762 |
|
|
298,200,822,720.87 |
9,229,884,111 |
|
|
305,859,632,996.41 |
7,658,810,276 |
|
|
311,712,899,257.30 |
5,853,266,261 |
|
|
317,273,898,983.64 |
5,560,999,726 |
|
|
319,907,087,795.48 |
2,633,188,812 |
|
|
326,220,937,794.54 |
6,313,849,999 |
|
|
347,578,406,425.88 |
21,357,468,631 |
|
|
353,720,253,841.41 |
6,141,847,416 |
|
|
370,918,706,949.93 |
17,198,453,109 |
|
|
398,129,744,455.54 |
27,211,037,506 |
|
|
427,260,460,940.50 |
29,130,716,485 |
|
|
458,141,605,312.09 |
30,881,144,372 |
|
|
475,059,815,731.55 |
16,918,210,419 |
|
|
533,189,000,000 |
58,129,184,268 |
|
|
620,433,000,000 |
87,244,000,000 |
|
|
698,840,000,000 |
78,407,000,000 |
|
|
771,544,000,000 |
72,704,000,000 |
|
|
826,519,000,000 |
54,975,000,000 |
|
|
907,701,000,000 |
81,182,000,000 |
|
|
997,855,000,000 |
90,154,000,000 |
|
|
1,142,034,000,000 |
144,179,000,000 |
|
|
1,377,210,000,000 |
235,176,000,000 |
|
|
1,572,266,000,000 |
195,056,000,000 |
|
|
1,823,103,000,000 |
250,837,000,000 |
|
|
2,125,302,616,658.42 |
302,199,616,658 |
|
|
2,350,276,890,953.00 |
224,974,274,295 |
|
|
2,602,337,712,041.16 |
252,060,821,088 |
|
|
2,857,430,960,187.32 |
255,093,248,146 |
|
|
3,233,313,451,777.25 |
375,882,491,590 |
|
|
3,665,303,351,697.03 |
431,989,899,920 |
|
|
4,064,620,655,521.66 |
399,317,303,825 |
|
|
4,411,488,883,139.38 |
346,868,227,618 |
|
|
4,692,749,910,013.32 |
281,261,026,874 |
|
|
4,973,982,900,709.39 |
281,232,990,696 |
|
|
5,224,810,939,135.73 |
250,828,038,426 |
|
|
5,413,146,011,397.34 |
188,335,072,262 |
|
|
5,526,193,008,897.62 |
113,046,997,500 |
|
|
5,656,270,901,615.43 |
130,077,892,718 |
|
|
5,674,178,209,886.86 |
17,907,308,271 |
|
|
5,807,463,412,200.06 |
133,285,202,313 |
|
|
6,228,235,965,597.16 |
420,772,553,397 |
|
|
6,783,231,062,743.62 |
554,995,097,146 |
|
|
7,379,052,696,330.32 |
595,821,633,587 |
|
|
7,932,709,661,723.50 |
553,656,965,393 |
|
|
8,506,973,899,215.23 |
574,264,237,492 |
|
|
9,007,653,372,262.48 |
500,679,473,047 |
|
|
10,024,724,896,912.40 |
1,017,071,524,650 |
|
|
11,909,829,003,511.70 |
1,885,104,106,599 |
|
|
13,561,623,030,891.70 |
1,651,794,027,380 |
|
|
14,790,340,328,557.10 |
1,228,717,297,665 |
|
|
16,066,241,407,385.80 |
1,275,901,078,829 |
|
|
16,738,183,526,697.30 |
671,942,119,312 |
|
|
17,824,071,380,733.80 |
1,085,887,854,037 |
|
|
18,150,617,666,484.30 |
326,546,285,751 |
|