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Prodded by congressional Republicans, Clinton gave the nation diminishing deficits and even a surplus. That allowed Bush, then the Texas Governor, to call for deep tax cuts, with the signature campaign line that "it's the people's money." But he knew the danger. Announcing his tax-cutting plan to the Greater Des Moines Chamber of Commerce in 1999, he warned, "What is risky is when politicians are given charge of a surplus."
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