Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Past deficits

 

Past Deficits - Perspective



Please read below: Interesting

Budget Deficits by Fiscal Year Since 1960:
  1. President Barack Obama: First Term = $5.073 trillion
  2. President George W. Bush: Two Term Total = $3.294
  3. President Bill Clinton: Two Term Total = $63 billion surplus
  4. President George H.W. Bush: First Term = $1.03 trillion
  5. President Ronald Reagan: Two Term Total = $1.412 trillion
  6. President Jimmy Carter: First Term = $253 billion
  7. President Gerald Ford: Three Years = $181 billion
  8. President Richard Nixon: First Term = 1+ Term Total = $70 billion
  9. President Lyndon B. Johnson: Six Year Total = $42 billion
  10. President John F. Kennedy: Two Years in First Term = $11 billion
  11. President Dwight Eisenhower Total = $16 billion
  12. President Harry Truman: Total = $3 billion
  13. President Franklin D. Roosevelt: Total = $196 billion
  14. FY 1789 - FY 1913 - $24 billion surplus. (Source: OMB, Table 1.1—Summary of Receipts, Outlays, and Surpluses or Deficits: 1789–2017)




Alan Russell



  • Flag and HideLee S.
    Lee S.
    IT Consultant seeking next position
    True. But it is only part of the story. The Congress creates and passes the budget. Presidents propose budgets but rarely is that the budget that Congress creates. Presidents advocate; Congress legislates.

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