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You Can’t Beat The Math On Spending | Economics |
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For your consideration, here are the increases over the previous year by each president since Saint Ronny the Gipper. For consistency, I have set the first year of the term as the year of inauguration, even though the first budget of any president is not in effect until October.
Ronald Reagan
1981 +14.77%
1982 +9.95%
1983 +8.40%
1984 +5.38%
1985 +11.1%
1986 +4.65%
1987 +1.38%
1988 +6.02%
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George H.W. Bush
1989 +7.45%
1990 +9.55%
1991 +5.68%
1992 +4.33%
William Clinton
1993 +2.02%
1994 +3.72%
1995 +3.69%
1996 +2.95%
1997 +2.60%
1998 +3.20%
1999 +2.99%
2000 +5.12%
George W. Bush
2001 +4.13%
2002 +7.95%
2003 +7.41%
2004 +6.15%
2005 +7.81%
2006 +7.41%
2007 +2.77%
2008 +9.30%
Barack Obama
2009 +17.94%
2010 -1.75%
2011 +4.25%
2012 +5.34%
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