>That's all well and good but the federal debt did not go down. I'll agree that that the National debt did not grow as much as was expected because there was enough of a budget surplus during those years that a part of the accrued interest was paid for. I will never concede that the overall National Debt was reduced in ANY fiscal year be it under Clinton, Bush I/II, Reagan, Carter, etc. My definition of reduced here is that the overall National debt at the end of any fiscal [budget] year must be less that it was at the end of the previous fiscal year.

This means I am going to have to take you off the Clinton Fan Club mailing list <g>.