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 Clinton administration produce a deficit; the smallest deficit was in the year 2000 with a deficit of 17,907,308,271. (Over 17 billion dollars).

 

The debt and deficits for the years 1950 to 2015 are shown below.

 

Year

Debt

Surplus/Deficit

 

6/30/1950

257,357,352,351.04

 

 

6/29/1951

255,221,976,814.93

2,135,375,536

 

6/30/1952

259,105,178,785.43

3,883,201,971

 

6/30/1953

266,071,061,638.57

6,965,882,853

 

6/30/1954

271,259,599,108.46

5,188,537,470

 

6/30/1955

274,374,222,802.62

3,114,623,694

 

6/30/1956

272,750,813,649.32

1,623,409,153

 

6/30/1957

270,527,171,896.43

2,223,641,753

 

6/30/1958

276,343,217,745.81

5,816,045,849

 

6/30/1959

284,705,907,078.22

8,362,689,332

 

6/30/1960

286,330,760,848.37

1,624,853,770

 

6/30/1961

288,970,938,610.05

2,640,177,762

 

6/30/1962

298,200,822,720.87

9,229,884,111

 

6/30/1963

305,859,632,996.41

7,658,810,276

 

6/30/1964

311,712,899,257.30

5,853,266,261

 

6/30/1965

317,273,898,983.64

5,560,999,726

 

6/30/1966

319,907,087,795.48

2,633,188,812

 

6/30/1967

326,220,937,794.54

6,313,849,999

 

6/30/1968

347,578,406,425.88

21,357,468,631

 

6/30/1969

353,720,253,841.41

6,141,847,416

 

6/30/1970

370,918,706,949.93

17,198,453,109

 

6/30/1971

398,129,744,455.54

27,211,037,506

 

6/30/1972

427,260,460,940.50

29,130,716,485

 

6/30/1973

458,141,605,312.09

30,881,144,372

 

6/30/1974

475,059,815,731.55

16,918,210,419

 

6/30/1975

533,189,000,000

58,129,184,268

 

6/30/1976

620,433,000,000

87,244,000,000

 

9/30/1977

698,840,000,000

78,407,000,000

 

9/30/1978

771,544,000,000

72,704,000,000

 

9/30/1979

826,519,000,000

54,975,000,000

 

9/30/1980

907,701,000,000

81,182,000,000

 

9/30/1981

997,855,000,000

90,154,000,000

 

9/30/1982

1,142,034,000,000

144,179,000,000

 

9/30/1983

1,377,210,000,000

235,176,000,000

 

9/30/1984

1,572,266,000,000

195,056,000,000

 

9/30/1985

1,823,103,000,000

250,837,000,000

 

9/30/1986

2,125,302,616,658.42

302,199,616,658

 

9/30/1987

2,350,276,890,953.00

224,974,274,295

 

9/30/1988

2,602,337,712,041.16

252,060,821,088

 

9/29/1989

2,857,430,960,187.32

255,093,248,146

 

9/28/1990

3,233,313,451,777.25

375,882,491,590

 

9/30/1991

3,665,303,351,697.03

431,989,899,920

 

9/30/1992

4,064,620,655,521.66

399,317,303,825

 

9/30/1993

4,411,488,883,139.38

346,868,227,618

Clinton

9/30/1994

4,692,749,910,013.32

281,261,026,874

Clinton

9/29/1995

4,973,982,900,709.39

281,232,990,696

Clinton

9/30/1996

5,224,810,939,135.73

250,828,038,426

Clinton

9/30/1997

5,413,146,011,397.34

188,335,072,262

Clinton

9/30/1998

5,526,193,008,897.62

113,046,997,500

Clinton

9/30/1999

5,656,270,901,615.43

130,077,892,718

Clinton

9/30/2000

5,674,178,209,886.86

17,907,308,271 

Clinton

9/30/2001

5,807,463,412,200.06

133,285,202,313

 

9/30/2002

6,228,235,965,597.16

420,772,553,397

 

9/30/2003

6,783,231,062,743.62

554,995,097,146

 

9/30/2004

7,379,052,696,330.32

595,821,633,587

 

9/30/2005

7,932,709,661,723.50

553,656,965,393

 

9/30/2006

8,506,973,899,215.23

574,264,237,492

 

9/30/2007

9,007,653,372,262.48

500,679,473,047

 

9/30/2008

10,024,724,896,912.40

1,017,071,524,650

 

9/30/2009

11,909,829,003,511.70

1,885,104,106,599

 

9/30/2010

13,561,623,030,891.70

1,651,794,027,380

 

9/30/2011

14,790,340,328,557.10

1,228,717,297,665

 

9/30/2012

16,066,241,407,385.80

1,275,901,078,829

 

9/30/2013

16,738,183,526,697.30

671,942,119,312

 

9/30/2014

17,824,071,380,733.80

1,085,887,854,037

 

9/30/2015

18,150,617,666,484.30

326,546,285,751