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Bill Clinton: Well, we hope we do. We think we will. Mr. Hunt. But with April receipts coming in, I gather, much stronger than anybody…

On the recordMay 4, 1998
Well, we hope we do. We think we will. Mr. Hunt. But with April receipts coming in, I gather, much stronger than anybody anticipated, I've now heard some people suggest you could have a budget surplus of as much as $50 billion this year. Is that right? Is that reasonable?
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Bill Clinton
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