I remember when this was a free country: special debt-deficit edition

With all the media outcry over the past two years about deficits and the debt (but no noticeable outcry in the eight years prior), it's worth remembering that only a mere ten years ago, the country had a balanced budget.

Of course, then, the top marginal income tax rate was an "unconscionable" 39.6%, there was still a real estate tax, we weren't occupying two middle eastern countries and...