[SeekAndFind]

Re: we need over a trillion every year.

Well, we can start by going back to the 2008 PRE-FINANCIAL CRISIS budget and work from there.

All these over a trillion dollars spending and deficit came about as a result of the housing meltdown and the crisis in Wall Street.

Why are we now making this deficit a permanent state of affairs?

Many people don’t realize this or even know this... but the US budget deficit was SHRINKING every year up to 2007 ( when the Dems took over both houses in Congress ). By 2007, the deficit was a mere $160 billion.

Yep, that was under the hated George W. Bush and we were also fighting two wars then.

[Theoria]

'but the US budget deficit was SHRINKING every year up to 2007 '

The budget was also going UP every year.

[Ratman83]

Yep.