Garlicdude wrote:

Allen Drake wrote:


"A republican President has never , never left the office with a
blanced Budget or a surplus.... Never "


In the red and black terms of fiscal policy, it was a
dramatic occasion. After a paring arid scraping, President
Eisenhower had almost in hand, to present to the 86th
Congress next month, a balanced budget with about $77
billion incoming against about $77 billion outgoing.

That effort to balance the budget didn't last long.

It created a recession and in response to the recession the
last two years of the Eisenhower administration the federal
govt spent 20% more than it collected in revenues.

Federal debt from 1954-1961
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