Clinton his first two years was a lie athon. The 1994 Republican revolution at least gave us a chance. Real cuts needed to be achieved and was not. It saved his presidency though with the help of Perot.Riiiigggghhhhhtttt. He was the only one who single-handedly achieved that. Sheeeesh.
Couple of things.
First, the balanced budget.The federal budget runs on a fiscal year calendar that begins October 1 and ends September 30. During fiscal years 1996 and 1997 -- the first two that Gingrich helped shape as speaker -- there were deficits: $107 billion in 1996 and about $22 billion in 1997.By fiscal year 1998, the federal budget did reach a surplus of $69 billion. And in fiscal year 1999 -- which Gingrich can claim some responsibility for, even though he was out as speaker for most of the fiscal year -- it was in surplus as well, to the tune of $126 billion.
Too, as if Clinton and the Republican-controlled Senate had nothing to do with it.
As if other metrics such as GDP and other economic numbers are irrelevant.
Like I said in the beginning of our exchange regarding this, "simplistic."