[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Remember when George H W Bush’s policies carried over into a roaring stock market in which Bill Clinton took the credit? The National Debt was almost paid off as a result. Then in Clinton’s last year it went into free fall and Clinton did nothing to stop it.

It surged under G W Bush and then again went into free fall his last year.

Now I suppose Obama will grab the credit for this stock market surge, but just how close is the USA to getting out of the National Debt as a result, and will it go into free fall before the next election?

[DonaldC]

The yearly deficit was nearly gone but nobody has touched the national debt in my lifetime.

[nascarnation]

I think you are incorrect.

The national debt continued to rise.