How about the fact that the national debt was $5.7 trillion when Bush was inaugurated and $10.6 trillion the day he left office?
Bush ran up about $1.8 trillion in budget deficits in his 8 years. As for the national debt that includes such things as entitlement programs and treasuries with notes coming due with interest which is called intergovernmental debt. Until either or both parties get ahold on intergovernmental debt it will automatically keep increasing.