Only 12 of the past 45 years has seen a Democratic president on Pennsylvania Avenue. I have provided a list of all presidents from '68 onward below, along with the percentage of our national debt as contrasted to our Gross Domestic Product. Where there are minus percentages, it means as a country, our GDP exceeded our national debt. Where a plus exists, it means the growth of the national debt exceeded our GDP. In short and all things considered, it is best to be in a 'minus position' as regards GDP versus national debt. To simplify matters, I've used the old 'red ink accounting ledger color code to demonstrate which presidents put us in unhealthy fiscal positions. Nixon/Ford are combined since 'together' they served 2 terms. President Obama is not included as he is barely halfway through his first term.
+0.1% Nixon/Ford
-3.2% Jimmy Carter
+20.5% Ronald Reagan
+13.1% George H. W. Bush
-8.8% Bill Clinton
+28.6% George W. Bush
The reader will note even the 'best' Republican presidency as regards our economy was Nixon/Ford, who held a fiscal negative position of .1%, while the worst was George W. Bush at 28.6%. Both Reagan and George H. W. Bush were well into double figures as well. Meanwhile the twelve years of Democratic presidents yeilded a 'positive' fiscal positions. Most of us already realize during the Clinton years, the nation had the longest and most sustained economic growth in recent history, adding jobs and handing an economy to the Bush administration that included a deficit surplus.
Conclusion: A 'fiscal' conservative should vote Democrat!
Following is the interactive link from "US Government Spending" with GDP vs. deficit from 1900 to present.
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_deficit_chart.html
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