My thoughts: Bill Clinton was fiscally responsible because voters and Congress forced him to be. Al Gore likely would have followed in his foot steps. But I still give them credit for being fiscally responsible. Bush and the Congresses he dealt with were unforgivably profligate (i.e., spending on non-defense items should have been cut, not increased, to make up for the tax cuts). That said, Obama and the Democrats have been even worse since the departure of Bush.
Spending on the so-called "defense" items never should have happened.
