You mean a "projected surplus?" There was no real surplus moron, it was only on paper. In other words, IT DIDN'T EXIST! That bull shit has been debunked a million times over on this board alone.
Get a clue.
And I'll show you a family who's income is $1M a year that's struggling just as soon as you show me a family that makes $25K a year that employs three people.
During the 80's & 90's spending was limited by PAYGO so there WAS a surplus in current revenues - the debt was still there, but deficit spending was not allowed. The credit card was kept in a drawer for safe keeping while payments were being made. If PAYGO were permanent, congress would have had to pay for all the shit they promised since 2003 instead of simply 'charging' ahead.
(Nice pun, eh? )
I think you and anyone else that is under the false impression that there was some kind of surplus under Clinton need to read this...
The Myth of the Clinton Surplus.
I stand corrected. Apparently deficit spending was alive and well during the 90's.
Doesn't diminish the value of returning to PAYGO. At least then we were making some headway against the debt.
I guarantee our deficit wouldn't be the huge problem that it has become if PAYGO hadn't expired in 2003.