[SeekAndFind]

I'm not much of a fan of W, but in the interest of completeness, $2 Trillion of that came in the last two years of his administration after the Rats had taken control of Congress in the 2006 election

The Budget deficit was on its way DOWN in 2007 and then something happened -- Both houses of Congress were taken over by DEMOCRATS. The rest is history.

[DuncanWaring]

Generally the point I was making.

The chart you posted (yeah, I know, sourced from the govt.) is overly optimistic.

The last time there was actually a Federal Budget surplus on a Fiscal Year basis was during the Eisenhower administration.