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He lowered taxes promising the lost revenues would be made up in growth, and the growth never came creating a fiscal mess...

He didn't do this without the Congress. I don't see how he got the full blame.

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Because it was his idea.. was the one who created abs pushed for it and advocated for it and continued to defend it long after it was evident it didn’t work.

Congress may have passed it but that doesn’t make it his mess.. it was his plan, and he paid the price for it.