re: The Deficit Has Never Been This High When the Economy Was This Strong

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They never mention that Obama drove the deficit down from 1.3 trillion with Bush's last budget (2009) and got it in the 400 billion range in multiple years.

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2009..That was Obama. The deficit was 1.3-1.4 trillion that year because of Obama's $800-900 billion stimulus package which passed by the DEMs in congress in spring of 2009.