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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Then why was it a plus in the Clinton Era where there was no national debt but a surplus?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They reduced the debt in this years by having a budget surplus. Still the debt was not zero.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_debt_of_the_United_States