Wow! Obama is worse than I thought. That's pretty bad.
http://www.politicalmathblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/MarketWatchObamaSpendingInfographic2.jpg
How to make Obama spending look small
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ZOMG! Those sneaky bastards, lying to avoid $20 billion in spending on their record. Holy shit--Obama spent $3.54 trillion instead of $3.52 trillion! Well that changes EVERYTHING!
P.S. That graph of spending actually doesn't make Obama look particularly bad--it spiked at the end of W's term, kept going up, and has slowly declined a bit. Still bad, but not worth throwing the hissy fit you're throwing.
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Why does the site keep talking about govt spending in nominal terms? Why not give spending as a proportion of GDP, or at least tell us govt spending adjusted for inflation? Oh right, because you're making a stupid political point rather than trying to really understand the issues.
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Also, that thing about the jobs chart is stupid. He's trying to imply that Obama taking credit for 2009 jobs makes him look good, but it's hypocritical because he doesn't want to accept FY 2009's spending. Okay, makes sense, except that the second jobs chart makes Obama look MUCH better than the first. I don't think the OP or the creator of that site understands what the jobs chart is actually showing (mostly job losses by month). Go figure.
