[dp0622]

Reads left. Does it usually?

...after republicans took control....since Trump...

and I don’t remember any attempt at all at fiscal control in the mid 2010s

[Theoria]

'and I don’t remember any attempt at all at fiscal control in the mid 2010s'

That would have been 'sequestration'. That's why the deficits were going 'lower' in the latter part of Obama's term.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

There was the Budget Control Act, with its sequester provision, which kicked in after our public serpents couldn’t come up with a deficit reduction agreement. That was actually adhered to for awhile, but not anymore.

[DoodleDawg]

and I don’t remember any attempt at all at fiscal control in the mid 2010s

We didn't have the economy we have now in the mid 2010s. With the economy doing the best it's done in decades we should be paying down debt, not running it up to the tune of a trillion dollars a year or more. If the economy goes into a downturn you could see that deficit double or triple.