Republicans are so gravely concerned about the national debt, right? After all, they’re the party of prudence and fiscal responsibility. They’re the grown-ups in the room, the ones who tap the brakes while those crazy, irresponsible Democrats keep pumping the accelerator, spending like drunken sailors on shore leave in Macau. First, I stipulate “non-wartime presidents” because financing a war, by definition, means adding massively to the debt. During wartime, everybody understands this. In this