And who benefits from the debt? Why do you guys keep dancing around the subject? If we accelerate debt it will take no time for it to reach 100% of GDP. When will enough be enough and the whole house of cards falls down? And to makes matters worse are that interest rates are going to start rising which will push debt up faster still.

I really don't understand why it is you conservatives are so worried about the debt when a democrat is in charge but as soon as we elect a republican it becomes the furthest thing from your mind?

Donald Trump has announced that he intends to cut taxes and increase spending on the military and infrastructure. Every time in the past that Republicans tired that technique growth in debt spiraled out of control. Now here is my question. Which do you want more--tax cuts and spending increases or lower debt? Both Reagan and Bush Jr proved that you can't cut taxes, increase spending, and not have debt go out of sight. So was all the concerns that I heard about growth in debt under Obama for real or was it just talk and so long as you get what you want any resulting growth in debt doesn't matter?

Pres Obama's increase in spending is seen in the $8 Trillion increase in Debt... The Debt IS the overspending... And his $8 Trillion Debt increase is only 64% not 119%... You may have meant the $6.1 Trillion increase in Debt under Pres GW Bush, and that increase in Debt was 105% - according to the USA Treasury Debt Reports... Now if you meant the 119% Debt increase was Obama's responsibility as both a Senator and President, that may be accurate...

As to knowing what Pres Trump may actually have as Debt increases is to be seen...

Donald Trump has announced that he intends to cut taxes and increase spending on the military and infrastructure. Every time in the past that Republicans tired that technique growth in debt spiraled out of control. Now here is my question. Which do you want more--tax cuts and spending increases or lower debt? Both Reagan and Bush Jr proved that you can't cut taxes, increase spending, and not have debt go out of sight. So was all the concerns that I heard about growth in debt under Obama for real or was it just talk and so long as you get what you want any resulting growth in debt doesn't matter?

You state some things that are patently false, Pete. First, the statement about the Republicans causing debt to spiral out of control. That didn't happen. Reagan's policies brought us out of Carter's double digit inflation and gave us prosperity and a strong military. Obama has decimated the military and put us into a very precarious position in the world. Reagan's policy of being strong militarily has proven to help our world position. We are not trying to overtake the world like some leaders. That policy brought us to a very strong economic position. It brought down the Berlin wall and the USSR. Obama has pushed our debt to a position that is very scary - particularly if interest rates rise to levels that will put our cost of servicing the debt to a untenable position. Obama used money we didn't have to push Solyndra, SNAP, etc to levels that are way out of control. Perhaps you could benefit from studying a bit about what lowering taxes has accomplished. The Government needs to get out of the way and let the free market work. It has always been shown to be the best at lifting everyone. What liberals need to realize that in order to grow our economy and help to create jobs, some people, those who cause it to happen, are going to get rich. So what? Everybody is going to benefit. Your last two sentences prove that you don't understand how economics works.

You are using a strawman argument not to mention that you are trying to compare apples to oranges. The question is debt and how tax cuts and spending increases caused it to increase. If you want to argue that it continued to increase under Obama fine but if you are going to do that it should be noted that growth in debt slowed significantly once Obama increased taxes.
As for the growth in the economy under both Reagan and Bush it wasn't near enough to slow down the growth in debt and debt is the subject at hand.

The question remains why are you in favor of policies that we know historically have caused the rate of debt to increase....

You state some things that are patently false, Pete. First, the statement about the Republicans causing debt to spiral out of control. That didn't happen. Reagan's policies brought us out of Carter's double digit inflation and gave us prosperity and a strong military. Obama has decimated the military and put us into a very precarious position in the world. Reagan's policy of being strong militarily has proven to help our world position. We are not trying to overtake the world like some leaders. That policy brought us to a very strong economic position. It brought down the Berlin wall and the USSR. Obama has pushed our debt to a position that is very scary - particularly if interest rates rise to levels that will put our cost of servicing the debt to a untenable position. Obama used money we didn't have to push Solyndra, SNAP, etc to levels that are way out of control. Perhaps you could benefit from studying a bit about what lowering taxes has accomplished. The Government needs to get out of the way and let the free market work. It has always been shown to be the best at lifting everyone. What liberals need to realize that in order to grow our economy and help to create jobs, some people, those who cause it to happen, are going to get rich. So what? Everybody is going to benefit. Your last two sentences prove that you don't understand how economics works.

Why on earth would anyone champion a tactic which has proven to be a failure??? And why Reagan?? his most corrupt of all administrations.. 138 indited.. gun runner... stole the SS money that was to save the program.. turned and ran after 250 Marines murdered, CIA chief kidnapped for 18 months, his body tossed in a ditch.. a general kidnapped and hung, the video sent to the white house.. so Ronnie packs up and pulls out of the ME..

Cut taxes and raise spending.. a GOP policy which ruined the middle class, now you want to do it again?? Gosh it worked so well...