Clinton added 1.3 trillion to the debt overall and it was Newt Gingrich and republicans who forced Clinton to agree to a balanced budget. Originally Posted by The_Waco_KidThe point is/was for the accounting period of 2001 for the Federal Government budget the result ended in a surplus of 130 billion dollars. Whose idea was it to use the tax tables of 2001? The Bush43 tax cuts changed the tax rate percentages that were used in the 2001 tax table.
It appears that Gingrich and the republicans did not force Bush43 to use a balanced budget. Bush43 had Federal Government budget deficits in every single year of his term as president.
https://economicsinsider.com/us-fiscal-deficit-by-year/