Yes, PDQ, and I think it's shameful. But we are not talking about the same thing. The national debt is not the same thing as the budget deficits or surpluses. One is what we owe, the other is how much we over or under spend the amount we budget.

They are related, true. But from the CBO figures it would appear that Republican-led administrations do a worse job than Democrats about staying within the budget.

(And thank you for using a site that has no ax to grind one way or the other.)