Blame 'Em All; Blame 'Em All; The Long And The Short And The Tall...

Barry Ritholtz, via his financial blog The Big Picture, recently provided a chart of the National Debt as its accumulated during the administrations of various Presidents:



There was some discussion that, in showing how this monstrous public debt (that we know about) has been nurtured and grown, who controlled Congress is an important perspective as well -- and so Herr Ritholtz provided that as well:



Read 'em and weep. There's not much else to do these days.

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