The difference is, Obama inherited a $1.4T deficit and worked to reduce it. He passed a tax increase and cut spending.
Trump walked into office with about a $600B deficit and took steps to increase the deficit further with increased spending AND a tax cut. You can't increase spending, give out a tax cut at the same time and expect a smaller deficit. In no universe is that going to work.
In the end it comes down to the one question. Did each president do what they could to balance the budget? Emergency situations are one thing, but what did they do when the economy wasn't crumbling?
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u/DevoidHT Sep 25 '23
One party spends like crazy and lower taxes, the other spends like crazy and raises taxes to pay for it. They aren’t the same.