U.S. Deficit Soaring. Why?

Democrats have a proven record on fiscal responsible economy policy, paying down debt, keeping our house in order. Republicans, like drunken sailors, spend the built up economy prosperity they inherit from Democratic administrations in the form of tax cuts for the wealthiest corporations and deficits soar.

BTW, it's conventional economic policy for our government to deficit spend during recessions, so why in the past 3 years have deficits skyrocketed if we're being told repeatedly that the fundamentals of the economy are strong? Is it because we're already in recession or is it corporate welfare, paying $1T per year to subsidize an otherwise failing economy? Clues are in the Debt to GDP ratio.

Here we go again.

Yr --|---Debt -|-Debt Increase -|- Deficit/GDP -|- Event :
1991 | $269 | $432 | 4.3% | Recession
1992 | $290 | $399 | 4.4% | Expansion
1993 | $255 | $347 | 3.7% | Clinton signed Budget Act
1994 | $203 | $281 | 2.8% | Clinton budget
1995 | $164 | $281 | 2.1% | Expansion
1996 | $107 | $251 | 1.3% | Welfare reform
1997 | $22 | $188 | 0.3% | Expansion
1998 | ($69) | $113 | (0.8%) | LTCM crisis, recession
1999 | ($126) | $130 | (1.3%) | Glass-Steagall repealed
2000 | ($236) | $18 | (2.3%) | Surplus
2001 | ($128) | $133 | (1.2%) | 9/11 attacks, EGTRRA
2002 | $158 | $421 | 1.4% | War on Terror
2003 | $378 | $555 | 3.3% | JGTRRA
2004 | $413 | $596 | 3.4% | Iraq War
2005 | $318 | $554 | 2.4% | Katrina, Bankruptcy Act
2006 | $248 | $578 | 1.8% | Bernanke chairs Fed
2007 | $161 | $501 | 1.1% | Bank crisis
2008 | $459 | $1,017 | 3.1% | Bank bailout, QE
2009 | $1,413 | $1,632 | 9.8% | Stimulus Act. Bank bailout cost $250B, ARRA added $253B
2010 | $1,294 | $1,905 | 8.6% | Obama tax cuts, ACA, Simpson-Bowles
2011 | $1,300 | $1,229 | 8.3% | Debt crisis, recession and tax cuts reduced revenue
2012 | $1,087 | $1,276 | 6.7% | Fiscal cliff
2013 | $679 | $672 | 4.0% | Sequester
2014 | $485 | $1,086 | 2.7% | Debt ceiling crisis
2015 | $438 | $327 | 2.4% | TPP, Iran deal
2016 | $585 | $1,423 | 3.1% | Presidential race
2017 | $665 | $672 | 3.4% | Trump Tax Act
2018 | $779 | $1,217 | 3.8% | Deficit spending
2019 | $1,092 | $1,314 | 5.1% | Government shutdown
2020 | $1,101 | $1,281 | NA | Military spending increased

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Debt to the penny: 23,251,029,947,957.77