There was 4 years of surpluses, 69 billion in FY1998, 125 billion in FY1999, 236 billion in FY2000 and 127 billion in FY2001. The surpluses were due to a republican house, not Bill Clinton. You do understand that no president can spend a dime unless it is first appropriated and passed by congress, then signed by the president, don't you? Facts always seem to hamper your ability to lie about history. Don't you just hate that?