Abbott and hockey tried to take on our debt. But it was judged to be to extreme.The Repubs approach to their national debt is remarkably similar to our Liberal Party's approach; disgraceful when the other side is in, not a problem when they are in.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/under-donald-trump-national-debt-tops-21-trillion-for-first-time-ever/
I actually thought it was needed at the time.
Now eveyone is whinging because they kept spending.
As for Trumps tax cuts I think we need more time to see if we get a long term result or not. It hasn't been a year since they rolled it out yet, has it?