[EnochPowellWasRight]

"And don't forget, Reagan had big deficits too, but our deficit is only 1.9% of GDP right now, where as in the 80s it averaged over 4%."

That's a meaningless statistic.

[Black Republican for Bush]

The budget deficit as compared to the GDP is not a meaningless statistic. Are you saying that if the deficit were 20% of GDP instead of the current 1.9% that it would make no difference? Not a single economist would agree with you there. Economists have said that a sizable deficit is manageable when an economy experiences strong growth. And we've had strong growth over the last 3 years. Our deficit has decreased by over 150 billion over the past two years, and the fact it is only 1.9% of GDP is a significant stat indeed.