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Originally Posted by Eric5273
No slant. Those are the real numbers. Just look at the years that the national debt grew the most. They are years when we had Republican presidents, because they are the ones who spend the most and grow the government the most. The years that the debt started to level off was in the 1960s when we had Democrats in the White House and again in the 1990s under Clinton. Just look at the chart. The numbers don't lie.
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I don't think anyone is doubting the numbers, only your misreading of them. The debt didn't exceed $3T until 1990, and I assume that means at the end of 1990 calendar year, yet Reagan basically left office end of 1988 (Jan./1989) which is 2 years before that. So your original argument was exaggerated, that's all.
Edit: Also, when Clinton took over the debt was around $3.5T but when he left it was around $5.5T which is just as much of an increase (not %-wise) as under Reagan. So what's your point again?