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Originally Posted by Sliver
It's way too simplistic too look at it like that. He inherited an absolute mess and the debt was trending down already. I'm no economist, but I highly doubt that's the kind of thing you can turn around in two years given the current state of affairs.
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There are means that a President can take to eliminate an inherited deficit, but overall, I agree. But then you'd have to agree that that was the reason for increasing debt during Reagan's Presidency.