Under which year did President Clinton have the national debt go down?

Question

I heard him talking about his record surplus last night. In which year did he lower our national debt?

Did this record surplus also include the money paid into Social Security?

Answer 1

Your question is disingenuous because, as you know, the national debt has constantly increased. Budget surpluses however obviously help our overall debt situation.  

Clinton, using the same accounting methods as Bush, had record budget surpluses while Bush is running record budget deficits, the largest in history.

Under Bush, the national debt has increased from 5.7 trillion to 9.6 trillion and is projected to reach 9.7 trillion before he leaves office.  

Answer 2

not sure...but i think it started happening when he started cutting down on defense...and allowing terrorists to grow overseas to be emboldened to do 9/11...

Answer 3

Easy answer:    None of them.  The national debt never decreased during Clinton.   Anyone who says otherwise must be looking at the  "Nation debt to GDP ratio"  charts, which did fall.   The total debt though increased each year during all of Clinton's 8 years.