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National debt has for decades been a go-to issue Republicans try to use to persuade voters against supporting social programs — an issue that has crept back to the forefront with new reports that annual interest payments serving the national debt now exceed what the U.S. spends on its military. But a new analysis reported by Axios makes it clear Republicans have their blame in the wrong place. According to the report, former President Donald Trump’s contribution to the national debt “was significantly higher, according to the fiscal watchdogs at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, …

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