[PGR88]

Sure its shrinking

Just wait until the next recession. If its at all similar to 2009, it would not be unreasonable to expect a $2 Trillion deficit.

[Sgt_Schultze]

Don't forget that deficit was so large because the obam had just won and democrats took control of Congress. W never managed to resolve the budget, so the extremists and the obam jammed in excess spending and passed the 2008 budget. That budget deficit was credited to W. The next order of business was to pass a stimulus bill, the deficit amount of which coincidently, also became the fault of W.

The first order of business of the extremists in 2009 was to establish a incredibly large baseline deficit against which normal deficits would appear austere.