Reagan was the only one to accomplish. Took both terms but he did it I think for all but one.........
Nope, not even Reagan got it done.
https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/reagans-budget-legacy
Problem is every single voter has his “good spending” he wants protected. As soon as you suggest cutting ANYTHING they all start howling “No, don’t cut my shiny thing, cut that useless thing over there” The “comprise” in DC always ends up to spend more on everything.
The ONLY shot we might have is making EVERYONE take a cut. Every other time anything has been tired to reign in Govt spending US VOTER kill it by voting for the Dems in the next election cycle.