We should bring back surpluses in the good times. If you are the head of a country and you are proclaiming that the economy is "the greatest ever" then you should be running a balanced / surplus budget.
If the economy is in the shitter you are perfectly entitled to run a deficit.
It makes nobody happy - people who think deficits are bad, people who think continual deficits are good, people with no trust in politicians to do the right thing.
I agree we are spending too much now, but the solution should not be to stop all spending.
The problem is deeper than just a deficit.