Absolutely not. The deficit refers to each annual budget. The debt is the accumulation of the budget deficits/surpluses. Again, no one has yet to explain how we could have these surpluses and yet have the federal debt increase every year even under the Clintons.

>Mark,
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>Are you confusing "deficits" with "debt" here?
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>http://www.kowaldesign.com/budget/
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>>How can you say there were actual surpluses when the Federal deficit increased EVERY DAMN YEAR under Clinton????