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With the Republicans and Democrats accusing each other of dragging their leaden feet on the debt crisis, the White House has released a stunning infographic to reveal where the U.S debt originated from, in their view — pointing an unequivocal finger on who is to blame for the U.S. debt crisis.

Clearly, it is a not-so veiled potshot at Republicans as much of the debt originates during George W. Bush’s eight years in power where he racked up US$1.4 trillion on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and another US$1.7-trillion in domestic and defence spending. But Bush’s deepest cut was tax-related, which saw the Treasury lose US$3-trillion during his two-terms.

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“At the end of the Clinton Administration in 2001, the United States was on track to pay off its debt and accumulate +2.3-trillion in savings by 2011,” the infographic notes helpfully, falling just short of adding that President Bush ran up all the bills that now poor ordinary Americans and U.S. government have to contend with.

The White House infographics comes a few days after The New York Times published its own set of graphics on the origins of the U.S. debt crisis.