If you did any work, you would find that since Reagan, the Repugs have increased the national debt far more than Dems. It is due to a philosophy that they will spend like crazy and then talk about the debt when Dems are in. That is how they fight programs the Dems want for the people. They give money to the wealthy and then suddenly develop fiscal responsibility. The Repubs are playing you guys for suckers. They have since Weyrich.