No one knows what the economy will look like in a year much less 10 years. The doomsday budget deficit predictors in '80s thought the end was near. In a decade the budget was balanced. It didn't take the republicans long to change that though.

a budget of $3.8 trillion to survive, double the 1988 budget in constant dollars

It costs $1.85 today to buy what $1 bought in 1988. Not quite the increase you are trying to make people believe.

USA population in 1988: 245m. USA population in 2010: 312m. Almost 70m more people. Why don't you just insist the government go back to the size it was in 1790 (first census)? A government for 4m people could surely govern 312m people riiiight???

USA GDP 1988: $5.1T. USA GDP 2010: $14.5T

A little graphical representation of how bad of shape Bush left the economy in:

60 years of growth and only one truly major downturn in GDP.

Look here to see how badly the crash effected tax revenues over that in 2008-2010. A huge part of the "Obama deficits" were reduced income from the GOP economic disaster. While your at it look at what the bush tax cuts did to revenue 2001 - 2004. It took 5 years for revenue to return to the Clinton years levels.

Now cut the bullshit.