{"id":5412,"date":"2011-07-17T01:09:41","date_gmt":"2011-07-17T08:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5412"},"modified":"2011-07-17T01:09:41","modified_gmt":"2011-07-17T08:09:41","slug":"debt-unlike-republicans-the-numbers-dont-lie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/07\/17\/debt-unlike-republicans-the-numbers-dont-lie\/","title":{"rendered":"Debt: Unlike Republicans, the Numbers Don’t Lie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"GOPBull\"There\u2019s been much ado of late about who is to blame for our national debt.  To hear Republicans talk, Obama is at fault for every penny, while Democrats, less forcefully, blame it on Republicans.  Of course, I knew that both parties were responsible and believed that Republicans were to a much greater extent than Democrats.  Yesterday I was listening to the Fred and Jed Show<\/a> and heard Margaret Meyer express the same view.  So I decided to do a little digging and prepared a spreadsheet on how much each administration in my lifetime increased the national debt.  Here are those numbers.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Increase in National Debt<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Republicans<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Democrats<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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President<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$Trillions<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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President<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$Trillions<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Eisenhower<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.01<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Kennedy\/Johnson<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.03<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Eisenhower<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.02<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Johnson<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.04<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Nixon<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.10<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Carter<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.29<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Nixon\/Ford<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.24<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Clinton<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$1.02<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Reagan<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.82<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Clinton<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.40<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Reagan<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$1.05<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Obama<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$1.65<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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GHW Bush<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$1.48<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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GW Bush<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$2.14<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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GW Bush<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$3.97<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Total<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$9.83<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$3.43<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Avg\/Term<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$1.09<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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 <\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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$0.57<\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Data source: CBO<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This is raw data, not indexed or adjusted.  Unlike Republican, the numbers do not lie.  They apportion the blame fairly.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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