What we set out to do was to ensure that this system of fair shares and the planning and controls continued after the war, and when we won, that's what we did. ↗
One of the reasons the deficit got as big as it did, frankly, was because of the economic slowdown, the fall-off in deficits, the terrorist attacks. A significant chunk was taken out of the economy by what happened after the attacks of 9/11. ↗