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But the debt rose https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/NationalDebt_v02_DP_1684339148116_hpEmbed_1x1_992.jpg https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/NationalDebt_v02_DP_168

• nitwit005 2mo ago
  Technically yes, but you can clearly see the growth slow to essentially zero during part of the late Clinton years in that chart.
• xboxnolifes 2mo ago
  Yes, that's what a deficit does until it becomes a surplus. Debt cannot go down until the deficit is gone.