related_tweet: @jdullea @garykaltbaum @jonathanhoenig @bullsbearsfbn @foxbusiness @davidasmanfox @caroljsroth @zacharykarabell @hectorvbarreto only time in half a century that budget was balanced 1990s when bill clinton was president &amp; the republicans ran congress. it was a good combination. four straight budget surpluses from 1998-2001 and government spending dropped gloriously from about 20 to 17.6 percent of gdp.