If you actually look at the deficit year by year, Obama and Biden each entered office with a huge economic crisis that ballooned the deficit, and then lowered it year by year. I mean, it was highest under Trump.
And if you look at Bush and Trump, they started with a lower deficit and raised it year by year.
If your marker is a "budget surplus", nobody does that. The only people that get close are Democrats because they literally reduce spending. And then a Republican takes office, bangs on about the deficit so they can slash social programs, but spends even more than they slashed on military. This is not hidden information.
I don't care that much about the deficit, it's not the cause of our most immediate problems. It's just something both parties bring up when convenient.
If you actually look at the deficit year by year, Obama and Biden each entered office with a huge economic crisis that ballooned the deficit, and then lowered it year by year. I mean, it was highest under Trump.
And if you look at Bush and Trump, they started with a lower deficit and raised it year by year.
If your marker is a "budget surplus", nobody does that. The only people that get close are Democrats because they literally reduce spending. And then a Republican takes office, bangs on about the deficit so they can slash social programs, but spends even more than they slashed on military. This is not hidden information.
I don't care that much about the deficit, it's not the cause of our most immediate problems. It's just something both parties bring up when convenient.