Truly shameful: I remember building two consecutive surplus-laden budgets myself that led to a framework of responsible budgetary procedures in the years that followed. Now, after three years of mostly Federalist rule, the deficit is sky-high! 
The deficit is sky high because of the reset. We inherited all of the deficts of the RL situation in May June 2016.
THAT WAS THREE YEARS AGO WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE PARTY OF FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY THAT HAS MORE OR LESS CONTROLLED THE GOVERNMENT THIS ENTIRE TIME
Basically:
Leinad Presidency; Blair Presidency; Yankee Presidency (2017): Largely unaware of the issue - Let's just say that the country generally lacked full understanding of what the reset had done for some time.
Note: This lack of full understanding not only showed up in the budget by the way. We didn't realize that the new 4th constitution legalized voting-booth campaigning until after 'Blair vs. Rpryor' (or whatever the heck that case is named); We didn't realize that the new 4th constitution prohibited parties from formally expelling members until Feds unsuccessfully tried to expel Oakvale (and some people still have trouble remembering that expulsion is no longer a thing) etc. etc.
Doof Presidency - Was focused on two things - infrastructure and health care. Great Goals, mind you. But they don't really go well with balancing the budget.
Fhtagn Presidency - Spent several months ignoring the deficit (and the unemployment situation, though that was a separate issue) until it nearly lost re-election over the issue. Even after that, wasn't great.
Yankee Presidency (2018) - The Administration actually did pretty well. Congress, on the other hand, was very contentious and failed to come to real solutions.
WB Presidency - Did nothing.
But I'm glad the Tmth (Fed) Presidency and the underlying DPC & Congress is finally getting on top of this.
