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Hmmm, my mistake. I thought this was the area for adult discussions. Blaming a guy for deficit spending that occurs 6 years after that guy left office isn't exactly adult discussion.
Policies cause national debt. Dates don't.
In terms of debt only: yes and no. Policies are the major drivers of debt. But a catastrophic mistake made by a president can jack up the debt, as we saw with George W. Bush, Jr. and the Iraq war.
But not ALL of the debt was accrued under Bush 43.
It is, however, a lot like a guy who started a heavy snowball at the top of the hill and starting to let it roll down, then walked away and criticized the other guy at the bottom of the hill for not stopping what has now become a boulder.
Good analogy.
http://zfacts.com/p/318.html