Repugs Created This Debt; Don't Trust Them to Reduce It

Repugs have spent the last 10 years repeating the lie that the national debt is the fault of Democrats. No matter how many times they are called out on it, they just keep repeating it.

So here, again, are the facts, in one convenient graph. 

Steve Benen at Maddowblog:

According to the Treasury Department, the national debt has passed the $16 trillion mark, causing truly ridiculous finger waving from the same Republican officials largely responsible for the debt they pretend to care about.

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It's against this backdrop that the Romney-Ryan ticket intends to pass trillions in additional tax cuts, increase defense spending, increase entitlement spending, and destroy health care reform, a move that would add hundreds of billions of dollars to the debt.