Letters to the Editor: We can’t afford to lose trillions in tax cuts when our national debt is this high

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To the editor : Contributing writer Veronique de Rugy argues that we have a tremendous national debt because of reckless spending ( “Blame both parties for America’s reckless accumulation of debt,” Oct. 3). I think we ought to take a closer look at how the debt was increased by the last four presidents and what we can attribute the increases to. As a starting point, recall that when President Clinton left office, the national debt was $5.8 trillion , about one-sixth of today’s debt.

President George W. Bush added $6.1 trillion to the debt and this was due primarily to tax cuts and the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. President Obama added $8.3 trillion to the national debt and th