October 25, 2000 (vol. 111, iss. 18) • Page Image 2
…2 - The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, October 25, 2000 NATION/WORLD Government posts record surplus AcROSS THE NATIO'N i - K W WASHINGTON (AP) - The government posted a record $237 billion surplus in the budget year that just ended -- a fiscal performance that President Clinton quickly seized upon yesterday to promote Vice President Al Gore's run for the White House. It was the third straight year of windfalls, some- -thing that hasn't happ...…