hi tkc,
a nice chart of the deficit vs GDP. inherited by obama: deficit heading to 9+%. currently 2.8% and headed lower.
https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/FYFSGDA188S
perhaps the republicans haven't noticed that obama has been doing exactly what they wish him to. deficit is now less, proportionately, than under saint reagan.
hardly anyone looks at the numbers. reality isn't on the stage.