re: #94 Fozzie Bear

George HW Bush gets the blame for trying to steer us back to fiscal sanity at the expense of growth, but he was the last GOP president to follow sound economic principles. He is in large part responsible for the growth under Clinton. He’s also the last president we have had that actually understood economics, not coincidentally.

I would add you also have to factor in the Congress. In the end, they are the ones who authorize the checks, for better or worse.