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Reagan didn't pull us out of Carter's recession; the recession was caused by the energy crisis of the late 70s and more or less corrected itself when the market coped (oh and btw, Carter began the deregulation; Reagan just finished it). Reagan increased the national debt by over $1 trillion (doubling existing debt). Reagan's foreign policy was idiotic, short-sighted, and sprang from a poor understanding of international and regional atmospheres.
Bush didn't pull us out of Clinton's recession; the recession was caused by the dot-com bubble pop of the early 00s and more or less corrected itself when the market coped. Bush increased the national debt by over $2 trillion (not quite doubling existing debt). Bush's foregin policy was idiotic, short-sighted, and sprang from a poor understanding of international and regional atmospheres.