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Demeter

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16. Federal Deficit by President
Fri Oct 30, 2015, 06:25 AM
Oct 2015
http://angrybearblog.com/2015/10/federal-deficit-by-president.html




If you look at the federal deficit as a share of GDP by presidential administration an interesting pattern emerges.

Every Republican administration left office with a larger deficit than they inherited.

Every Democratic administration left office with a smaller deficit than they inherited.



Why should we pay any attention to anything any Republican says about the deficit?

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