That’s looking back 20+ years longer than is necessary.

The comment is in reply to this statement: " dgfitz 1 hour ago | root | parent | next [–] Show me any time in the past 50 years where taxes went up and the deficit went down."

Maybe you meant to reply to the parent? Because the 90s is within the time frame.

I interpreted is as: "There are more-recent examples than the 90s, which may make for better evidence and/or a better retort."

Exactly, while the 90s are certainly within the past 50 years, you can find examples with a much smaller lookback window.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40362029

I’ve been around enough to know that you have an agenda and I’m not interested in engaging. Not a fan.