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.
So regardless of the quality of those budgets, it should be noted that you also indirectly eliminated them by helping to pass the fourth constitution. Remember that the next time you are crowing about your Presidency.
And yes, there were major problems that transpired pre-reset, mainly that the GM numbers were often wishful thinking and didn't really mesh well with often sky high unemployment and other numbers that the GM offices were putting out in many of those years.
