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To: Metacomet who wrote (103672)	11/12/2013 3:02:59 PM
From: Horgad	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217740

Total government spending is increasing. You have to look at the transfer payments as well to get a more complete picture. All the graphs below show is that certain administrations spend differently. You can not imply from them alone that certain administrations spend more or less than other administrations.

To: Metacomet who wrote (103672)	11/12/2013 3:51:51 PM
From: bart13	Respond to of 217740

Except, the facts fail to support this original knowledge based assumption They sure do when one ignores many of the actual facts, and one is biased towards one ideology or party. The main thing that's missing is GAAP accounting (unless of course the intention is to not pay accrued expenses /sarc). Adding it back in completely changes the picture, and shows the huge continuing growth in the current administration. Adding CPI based inflation also greatly changes the picture. Another is failing to include changes in total debt, either federal or total. Another frequent trick, a favorite of Krugman and similar spinners, is to use federal public debt, rather than federal total debt.