It doubled under Bush 43, and again under Obama.
The spending is mostly on autopilot and the President has little power to reign it in. 70% of spending is mandated - Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and interest on the debt.
Nobody truly cares about this, though it should be priority #1 for every elected official.
Howard Schultz is the only person who is even talking about it. We just had our first Jewish Super Bowl MVP, maybe it's time for our first Jewish President.
EDIT: typo
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