The president likes to invoke Ronald Reagan as often as he can. This is somewhat understandable, as Reagan is both the most recent iconic president and one more likely to warm the hearts of those outside his normal coalition (it’s why Reagan himself referred to Kennedy and FDR repeatedly).
This can, however, lead to certain embarrassing information, such as the following:
Smallest Obama deficit: $1.29 trillion (FY10)
Largest Reagan budget: $1.14 trillion (FY89)
That’s right. Obama’s smallest budget deficit is larger than Reagan’s biggest budget.
Ouch.
Cross-posted to Bearing Drift
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doesnt it count that reagan’s budget was 30 years ago? Also, obama is paying for 2 wars. Not to blame bush, the 2 wars is just a fact no matter who started it. This is just another example of an attempted and failed ‘gottcha’ against obama. keep after him and maybe the country can really go all to hell. would that make you happy??????
Why not show those numbers as a % of GDP.