The national debt was $900billion when Carter turned the checkbook over to Reagan. Reagan borrowed $2 trillion in 8 years. In fact, Carter resisted deficit spending to turn the economy around. In the years since 1981 the republicans held the White House for 20 years and ran up a debt of $9 trillion bucks.

It is nuts for you to claim that Carter's spending was a problem. Carter inherited an economy in the tank from Ford. (Remember "WIN" buttons?) The fact is that he didn't turn it around. The Reagan economy continued to head down the toilet until August of 1983 when unemployment finally hit bottom.

Just thought you'd like a little trip down memory lane.