He tried to cut military spending but democrat congress wouldn't go along. It is their job to spend like a crack addicts job is to get high. Of course Republican desired spending would get cut especially when a democrat won. And when a Republican won he'd be FORCED to cut social spending, not expand it like they do now to get the votes.
The current system is to run up endless debts for the unborn and blame the other party. Republicans blame Clinton for Bushes deficits, democrats blame Bush for Obamas. Republicans blame democrats for Reagans deficits, as the democrats blame Reagan for them. Then someone is born and inherits alot of debt and fingerpointing which doesn't pay it.
And it all for ‘emergencies’. And easy to justify too, “If we don't spend this money the we all die”
We are in budget limbo now. Obama wrote a budget that cuts defense spending, but as you know, congress doesn't want to pass any budget. Are we operating on temporary budgets plus departmental slush funds now?