Aftermath: The Economy Is Propped Up by Government Spending

[ProfessorGAC]

2. Same Thing As Reagan

The economic growth in the 80s was preponderantly driven by borrowed money & massive defense spending.
That's why Bush 1 got saddled with a recession that required tax raises to drive government revenues which made recession worse.
The Failure has been living like a king off leverage his whole adult life. He thinks this is the way to do it, but unlike him, these borrowing have to be paid back.