ok education for you again.  the congress which controls spending spent MORE money than the gross increase in tax revenue that came in. revenues are not spending, one funds the other. It is not cherry picking anything, i never said the deficits were down, i said as facts prove, after cutting all the taxes, the economy took off and a gross tax revenue increased overall from it.  clinton benefited from computers and at least the ability to work with the then gop congress together. unlike the dem congress under reagan that spend his achievements down the drain.