Bill Clinton: “The tough choices we made on deficit reduction have turned a deficit…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2000

The tough choices we made on deficit reduction have turned a deficit of $290 billion in 1992 into a surplus of $124 billion in 1999.

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Statement on Indications of a Third Consecutive Budget Surplus

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