There were two reasons why the Clinton Budget wasn't in the red:
1. The republican controlled congress.
2. He and his fellow rats were making our military like Canada.
I still remember his bilge and Da$hole's re why we couldn't and shouldn't have a balanced budget. Then they took credit for it after the balanced budgets were jammed down their throats.
It's weird how the Dems fought welfare reform and the balanced budget in the '90's, and now they crow like it was their idea from day one.