Episode 305: How Did We Get Here?
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We Did Not Have a Balanced Budget Under Bill Clinton
A lot of people think that we had a balanced budget under Bill Clinton. We did not. It was close, but it was not balanced. And to give Clinton credit, he came closer than any modern president to balancing the budget. The federal government takes money from the Social Security surplus and uses it to spend.
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