thats the strangest thing, a few years ago republicans didn't care one iota about debt, they said the answer to all things problematic was a good old tax cut, preferably for rich folks, I think they repeated over and over that we need to grow the economy, grow our way out of trouble, now they have transformed into the party that doesn't believe in a growing economy, and now they care about the deb't. Their a bunch of chameleons. Heres a good quote by a famous right wing icon, guess who said this? "deficits don't matter, Reagan proved that"