Not sure how Texas gets the blame nonsensical keeps sputtering about. None of the presidents he whines about spent one penny without the approval of Congress.
Look, I am not ready to leave the U. S. of A., but with the current trash going on in DC, secession is looking better than staying. Just look at the gore bull climate change bill that just passed the house. Texas will get to shoulder a lot of the new taxes. Screw DC.
The interesting thing is that for 11 of those 17 years of Texas presidents, the Texan in the White House also had control of both houses of Congress. So don't try and pretend that all that spending wasn't done with the full support and approval of the man in the White House. And don't go blaiming Congress when the President was fully capable of vetoing any spending Congress authorized.