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A chat on subreddit /r/wallstreetbets
human
Just a reminder, when Clinton left office we had a surplus, meaning the govt was spending less then they brought in with taxes. By the time Bush left office, the deficit was back in action.
gpt
Just a reminder that both Clinton and the Republican house magicked that surplus by creating a big IOU from the Social Security budget to the discretionary budget. This created the illusion of a surplus through regular old accounting gimmicks.