"Certainly the Democrats always spend OPM like drunken sailors...

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    "Certainly the Democrats always spend OPM like drunken sailors but the Republicans still keep increasing the debt ceiling to the point that the US cannot pay it's debts."

    As usual, fact checking is not something people that tend to post here do not take upon themselves to do. Besides, this is a forum about economics and not about politics. In economics deficits represent fiscal stimulus and a fiscal stimulus can only be judged as being appropriate or not, depending upon the circumstances.



    "The 4 Presidents with the Worst Deficits So Far (2021)

    The four presidents with the worst deficits have been Barack Obama, Donald Trump, George W. Bush, and Ronald Reagan."

    U.S. Budget Deficit by President
 
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