03/27/2002
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"Tax relief fuels economic growth, and growth—when the economy grows, more tax revenues come to Washington."
"The deficit has been cut in half three years ahead of my 2009 goal."
"We would cut the Federal budget deficit in half over 5 years."
"Today I'm pleased to report that we have achieved this goal, and we've done it 3 years ahead of schedule."