Current Events > Big Govt TRUMP continues Republican trend of increasing the federal deficit.

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Whereas both Obama and Clinton are the only Presidents since Eisenhower to DECREASE the annual federal deficit every year.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fiscal-hawk-paul-delays-senate-vote-budget-deal-002451918--business.html
Trump signs deal to end brief government shutdown, increase U.S. spending

GG
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Obama lost around 13 trillion dollars for the US. I dont get how he didnt increase the federal deficit
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Spending is fine as long as you're taking in revenue

Increasing spending while simultaneously cutting taxes isn't so good though
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Guten_Tag posted...

Obama lost around 13 trillion dollars for the US. I dont get how he didnt increase the federal deficit

Proof of ignorance of how the federal deficit works.

FY 2017 - $666 billion. Although Trump requested additional spending, Congress did not approve it.
FY 2016 - $585 billion.
FY 2015 - $438 billion.
FY 2014 - $485 billion.
FY 2013 - $679 billion.
FY 2012 - $1.087 trillion.
FY 2011 - $1.300 trillion.
FY 2010 - $1.547 ($1.294 trillion plus $253 billion from the Obama Stimulus Act that was attached to the FY 2009 budget)

And this doesn't even account for the fact that Obama put the Iraq/Afghanistan military spending on to the books instead of Bush's tactic of not counting it towards the budget.
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