Which political party’s president has added more to the national debt, Republicans or Democrats?
The answer is absolutely clear and unambiguous: Republicans have added nearly twice as much to the Federal Debt as Democrats, yet the GOP likes to wrap itself in the mantle of being fiscally responsible.
Consider these charts, which you can verify for yourself. This shows the amount added to the total debt under each president since Nixon/Ford. As we can see, G.W. Bush takes the prize as being the most reckless, by far:
This shows more clearly how much of the current federal debt is attributable to previous presidents.
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