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Uh, inflation isn't so rampant since Clinton that the dramatic slopes of the flat numbers are meaningless. But, as you wish (national debt as % of GDP, by President):
So called "fiscal conservatives" starting with Reagan, even those heralded as success stories, were never truly fiscally conservative.
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You just changed the statistic you were measuring!!!!
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I couldn't find budget deficit as % of GDP graph. But don't avoid the obvious by nitpicking, you're smarter than that. Disregard the first graph if you'd like. Look at the above graph, notably the slope, and tell me he has not been running large budget deficits (%s) that mirror the record Reagan/Bush days. Waiting.