Wasn't the Dems not abiding by an agreement that caused the Reagan deficits? As I remember they kept adding extraneous spending to the budget bills. That is why Reagan begged for the line item veto.
They did the same thing to Bush I and to Newt Gingrich, as I remember.
That's the way Rush has explained it. They promised to cut spending if taxes were raised. Taxes were raised, then the RATS pumped out lots of pork, then blamed the Republican President for the deficit. They are, and continue to be, bastards!