Reagan, Big Bush, and Little Bush did almost all the damage to the national debt. How do you feel about the giant tax cut for the rich enacted by Republicans right after Little Bush was "elected," before 9/11? That destroyed the Clinton surpluses. You have said you're for it (because it saves you money, and because it creates an entrenched increasing deficit that even Obama can't beat, so that you can claim that a lot of the debt has happened on his watch).