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.
Year |
Debt |
Surplus/Deficit |
|
|
257,357,352,351.04 |
|
|
|
255,221,976,814.93 |
2,135,375,536 |
|
|
259,105,178,785.43 |
3,883,201,971 |
|
|
266,071,061,638.57 |
6,965,882,853 |
|
|
271,259,599,108.46 |
5,188,537,470 |
|
|
274,374,222,802.62 |
3,114,623,694 |
|
|
272,750,813,649.32 |
1,623,409,153 |
|
|
270,527,171,896.43 |
2,223,641,753 |
|
|
276,343,217,745.81 |
5,816,045,849 |
|
|
284,705,907,078.22 |
8,362,689,332 |
|
|
286,330,760,848.37 |
1,624,853,770 |
|
|
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 |
|