How US Ran federal budget deficits/surpluses/deficit from 1990 to 2004

• 1990: $221.0 billion
• 1991: $269.4 billion
• 1992: $290.4 billion
• 1993: $255.1 billion
• 1994: $203.2 billion
• 1995: $164.0 billion
• 1996: $107.5 billion
• 1997: $21.9 billion 
  1997 Long-Term Capital Gains: reduced from 28% to 20%
  lower incomes effectively reduced to 10%
• 1998: $0 (balanced budget)
• 1999: $—125.6 billion (surplus)
• 2000: $—236.4 billion (surplus)
• 2001: $—128.2 billion (surplus)
• 2003 Long Term Capital Gains reduced from 20% to 15% (most) and 5% (low income)

  2003 $378

  2004, $413