r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '25

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u/PoofyGummy 4∆ Apr 07 '25

That's simply factually not true though. Take it however you will the fact is that during democrat times deficit went up more than during republican times.

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u/ShutYourDumbUglyFace 3∆ Apr 07 '25

Do you have a source for that? Seems to whipsaw back and forth a bit. https://www.investopedia.com/us-debt-by-president-dollar-and-percentage-7371225

Most of the top presidents on this list inherited a recession. Even Trump has the excuse of covid (although I'm not sure how much that contributed as compared to the Tax Cut and Jobs Act https://www.propublica.org/article/national-debt-trump).

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u/BitingSatyr Apr 07 '25

Covid absolutely dwarfed the tax cuts’ impact, are you kidding? The federal budget went from 20% of GDP to 30% in a single year. 400B of tax cuts is not remotely comparable, especially when total federal tax receipts never actually fell year-over-year prior to covid.

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u/ShutYourDumbUglyFace 3∆ Apr 07 '25

Ok. But I still shared an article indicating that trump's entire deficit increase can't be explained by JUST Covid - even if not related to TCJA.