Read carefully: "Projected Surplus" - As in: "If the economy wasn't flooded with nonsense tech stocks that are only months away from tanking, in a decade you would see..."
He didn't have a surplus, he had relatively good fiscal policy topped off with the illusion of prosperity due to the tech bubble.
He didn't have a surplus, he had relatively good fiscal policy topped off with the illusion of prosperity due to the tech bubble.
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