Did they cut back on spending in the 90s?
There were some cuts to curtail the growth of government, but no president (that I'm aware of)has actually shrunk the size of the government, or spent less than he did the previous year. There have been two balanced budgets in my lifetime, one under Kennedy and one under Clinton. But we did actually eliminate the deficit in the 90's and paid down a good deal of debt.
No president or congress will ever actually shrink the size of government.
