more than paid for by the tax cut. that s just not true. and of course the bill to increase spending did, in fact, increase spending. senator perdue is a symptom of a larger problem. the abandonment of fiscal responsibility by republicans while railing against the fiscal it bears repeating the last two presidents to shrink the deficits were cheney and obama. all of us talk about concern for the deficit and budget has been bogus for as long as it s been around. right now under the trump we have no such excuse other than to attempt. while president trump was tweeting out a claim he was like the king of israel, clearly the only crown he can claim is the one he can lay on himself some time ago, the king of debt. this time though the american
economic expansion. when deficits should be shrinking. let s go back to see when president trump was trying to stimulate its way out of a global crisis. back in february in 2012, barack obama released a $28 trillion budget with a $900 billion deficit. he ll turn america into greece. this year president trump proposed higher spending and a bigger deficit than back when he warned obama would lead us to bankruptcy. for some senators it s absurd. from ex, georgia s david perdue who resorted to magical thinking when he voted to increase spending after voting for the tax cuts. he penned an op-ed that a vote against the budget was a vote to increase spending while he told an editorial board that it was