permafrost wrote:
LOL,,, how long do you think it will take brightbarf to print this??
Or do you prefer some other cage liner for your news??
Hold the phone, there permafrost. I decided to "fact check" your meme. And I call BS
https://www.thebalance.com/deficit-by-president-what-budget-deficits-hide-3306151Since Barack Obama was the president with the largest deficits and deficit increase...
"President Obama had the largest deficits. By the end of his final budget, FY 2017, his budget deficits totaled $6.781 trillion. That's a 58% increase"
So I thought, what could the meme be trying to say. Well, if you look year to year, Obama did "reduce the deficit"
FY 2010 - $1.5 trillion
FY 2011 - $1.300 trillion. (see, it went down)
FY 2012 - $1.077 trillion. (down again)
FY 2013 - $680 billion. (nice)
FY 2014 - $485 billion. (keep it up)
FY 2015 - $442 billion. (sweet)
FY 2016 - $585 billion. (oops...)
FY 2017 - $665 billion. (well, dangit...)
So - using that same logic...
George W Bush
FY 2004 - $413 billion.
FY 2005 - $318 billion. v
FY 2006 - $248 billion. v
FY 2007 - $161 billion. v
George H. W. Bush
FY 1992 - $290 billion.
FY 1993 - $255 billion. v
Ronald Reagan
FY 1983 - $208 billion.
FY 1984 - $185 billion. v
and
FY 1986 - $221 billion.
FY 1987 - $150 billion. v
and
FY 1988 - $155 billion.
FY 1989 - $153 billion. v
So Clinton, an unqualified yes
Everyone else both raised and lowered the deficit during their administration.
Thanks for playing...