How did you come to the conclusion that Clinton balanced the budget?
Having a surplus means your budget is balanced and then some.
When have any of these presidents successfully pushed for reducing the federal deficit during their tenures? Any actual reductions to the debt you’ve seen?
You specifically mention deficits, and a surplus leads to an actual reduction in debt.
What’s causing you to focus on presidents rather than congressional actions?
The same congress that was in charge during surplus was more than happy to put us in high deficit again.
How do you think fiscal policy keeps getting passed through congress when there’s largely two parties that have to agree to get it done?
Gridlock is a great way of not spending money. More to the point: Clinton was ok with cutting spending as much as he was with raising taxes. He treated the deficit as if it were actually important unlike Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden.
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This was your original question:
Having a surplus means your budget is balanced and then some.
You specifically mention deficits, and a surplus leads to an actual reduction in debt.
The same congress that was in charge during surplus was more than happy to put us in high deficit again.
Gridlock is a great way of not spending money. More to the point: Clinton was ok with cutting spending as much as he was with raising taxes. He treated the deficit as if it were actually important unlike Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden.