[entropy12]

Actual budget data from Whitehouse.gov web site:

Year-— Revenue Spending
1981-— 599,272 678,241
1982-— 617,766 745,743
1983-— 600,562 808,364
1984-— 666,438 851,805
1985-— 734,037 946,344
1986-— 769,155 990,382
1987-— 854,287 1,004,017
1988-— 909,238 1,064,416
1989-— 991,104 1,143,743

Spending closer to doubled during Reagan.
I admit my error about tripled.
For a fiscal conservative, doubling the size of
government in 8 years is very bad.

[detective]

Those are the correct numbers, though not adjusted for inflation. The percent increase is 68.6%