The chart you refer to says that Clinton's talley was a net gain of 526 billion. George Bush's first term was a net deficit of -648 billion. This loss has been reduced to -496 billion to date. These numbers do not reflect the national indebtedness, merely the budget deficit. Bush effectively wiped out all Clinton's gains, according to this chart, and is barely back to square zero or one in recovering them as far as the budget deficit is concerned. Also note the chart ends on 1-29, before present surge outlays have been fully assessed.

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