[QUOTE="kruesader"][QUOTE="LJS9502_basic"] He did not decrease the debt...he increased it.LJS9502_basic

The U.S. national debt tops $2 trillion up from $1 trillion in 1981. The nation's trade deficit worsens despite a weakening dollar, setting a record of over $170 billion. The budget deficit also worsens.

And 1985 has many economic problems but no stellar lessening of the debt is mentioned.

[QUOTE="Bourbons3"][QUOTE="Locke562"]Late to the party:LJS9502_basic

[QUOTE="Locke562"]Late to the party:Bourbons3

[QUOTE="turtlethetaffer"]

I think he is. Bush, while njo the best by any means, was not as bad as people say. Obama, meanwhile has gotten away with so much. He's hurt the US's economy more in the first 6 months of his presidency than Bush did in his 8 years in office. Let's just say that when Bush was president, Bill Gates could have singlehandedly paid off the national debt and have a bunch of cash left over. Not anymore. (I'm not saying he should have, I'm just using that as an example.)

Ultrabeatdown55