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Why are you surprised? Instead of looking at Left vs Right. Look at their policies.
Obama was forced to continue the Bush era agenda. Including Wars in the middle east and tax cut for the elite.
Not sure why you act surprised. If you want to reduce the deficit, bring all our troops home. No one wants us there, we don't need to be there. Bring them all home.
Well the highest beyond comparison was during the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt when the debt:GDP rose to 44% even before the start of WW2 when national debt rose to 110% of GDP. It wouldn't be until 1962 that the ratio would return to pre-war levels. Under Wilson's presidency the U.S. experienced the second highest debt to GDP ratio of 33%. Unfortunately, your attempt to sneak in Rance Prebius's 2014 "analysis" without due attribution (which received 2 Pinocchios from the WAPO) didn't include either Wilson or Roosevelt. It also used raw numbers unadjusted for inflation or the size of the overall economy.
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Deficits under Obama: biggest of any in generations:
