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The US has run a budget deficit nearly every year since…
1961
Reagan vowed to limit the size of the government but between [year-year] the deficit topped [$?]
1981-1989 $200 billion
in 2000 under president [?] there was a budget surplus but this didn’t last long due to [?]
Clinton 9/11
as of 2024 the total US debt is
$34 trillion
[fraction] of US spending is not required by law
1/3