Does George W. Bush not get enough credit on the budget?

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I ran into someone once who seriously claimed that the only reason the budget didn't balance under Bush by the end, was because he bailed out the banks.

lmao really?

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Bush cut taxes to increase revenues. Brilliant!

https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/jun/17/ron-christie/gop-strategist-christie-tax-revenues-rose-after-bu/

I mean, Trump and co. were making this BS argument too; it's not unique to Bush - most Republicans believe (or at least claim to believe) that any tax cut will somehow cause such a massive increase in business activity and/or income to more than cancel it out.

It's like they looked at the Laffer curve and decided that it went from 0 to 25 instead of 100. And then they also go and cite "muh Laffer curve" every time someone points out how stupid their conclusions are.