Supply-Side Economics

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Originally Posted by finnbow

Sorry to confuse you with the facts, but:

[I]All four Republican presidents since 1980 increased the federal deficit during their time in office: Ronald Reagan had a 94% increase, George H.W. Bush had a 67% increase, George W. Bush had a 1,204% increase, and Trump had a 317% increase.

There have been budget deficits every year since around 1960. The only common denominator during most of that time gas been Dem control of the House. Year after year the controllers of the Federal purse have demonstrated their insatiable appetite for spending.

It is worth noting that most of the years that Clinton ran a surplus were the years the Repubs controlled the House. But to me, that's almost a throw-away point since Repubs of late have been spending like drunken Dems.