Straight-up budget deficit that he inhereted. For what it’s worth, the tax cuts he delivered later probably more than made up for it for anyone who had to pay the fee. It’s $100 for six years rather than $25 for 4.
That means I don't have to buy a $100 FID card to be able to buy a $15 can of mace, but I do to buy a $5 box of .22LR?