Bill Clinton: “If we maintain our fiscal discipline, we can make America debt-free by…”

On the recordApril 19, 2000

If we maintain our fiscal discipline, we can make America debt-free by 2013 for the first time since Andrew Jackson was President.

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Democratic · Arkansas

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Statement on the Budget Surplus and Debt Reduction

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