(03-12-2023, 07:54 PM)mikesez Wrote: There's a nugget of truth to what SeldomRite is saying.  Trump's tax cut was ill timed.  It would have been better timed if they found a way to cut spending so the cut didn't end up being pure debt.  But it's not Congress's job to try to time the economic cycle, so I can't be too mad at them about that.  They had been wanting to do those tax cuts for 4 years with Obama blocking them.  They did what they could when they could do it.

And there's plenty of blame to go around.  The fuel for the recent inflation started building up under Bush 43, and neither 44 nor 45 were able to stop adding to the pile.