claim: says his administration balanced "two budgets with over $13 billion in deficits without raising taxes."
author: chris christie
evidence_1: feb 12, 2018 ... the white house released a proposed budget that is largely irrelevant ... about  balancing the budget, instead embracing last year's $1.5 trillion tax cut ... by  congressional leaders largely without his involvement, to boost both ... that law  increases military spending by $195 billion over the next two years and ...
evidence_2: jan 17, 2012 ... says "we've accomplished balancing two budgets without raising taxes. ... chris  christie released this video ahead of his state of the state address ... one of the  governor's frequent talking points is that his administration is ... two budgets while  facing $13 billion in deficits and didn't raise taxes, oct. 2, 2011
evidence_3: jan 10, 2019 ... here are the budget deficits for each president back to woodrow ... the balance  ... presidents who raise taxes quickly become unpopular. ... the obama tax cut  added $858 billion in deficits in its first two years. ... george w. bush is next,  racking up $3.293 trillion over two terms. .... fy 1959 - $13 billion.
evidence_4: require a referendum when governments wish to raise other local taxes or fees.  ... local officials must be given greater control over their own budgets so they can  .... illinois spends more money on administrative and retirement costs than on ...  $3.4 billion, which would make up for almost half the state's $7 billion deficit.
evidence_5: feb 12, 2018 ... trump's spending proposal backtracks on his 'balance the budget' campaign cry  ... to lower the deficit and keep medicare and medicaid spending without cuts. ... it  easier to cut taxes and increase spending during trump's presidency. ... the  budget also seeks $13 billion over the next two years to combat ...