Taking back control of Congress -Buffet style

Of course JTT, there are many. We will skip the obvious periods of the Civil War and WWI. How about 1961 - 1965? This was stimulus of the Kennedy administration which in addition to turning around the economy led to investments in housing and education (and the moon).

I think you were making the claim that there were no times when running a deficit was clearly the right thing to do for the country. All I really had to do to debunk that claim was show one.

No, you know perfectly well that I wasn't making such a sweeping claim, Max.

You noted of course that I originally clipped your quote and made pointed reference to,

for example in time of war

Please don't go all paradosian on us. You've been an uncommon beacon of honesty up to now.