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ag_dude

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1. Your title is higly misleading

Reply to MindMover (Original post)

Tue May 22, 2012, 05:10 PM

May 2012

Federal spending as a percentage of GDP (the only legitimate measure of federal spending) is actually the highest it's been since WWII and has been since 2009.

During Eisnenhower it topped out around 30%. We're currently running near 40%.

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Federal Spending At Slowest Pace Since Eisenhower [View all] MindMover May 2012 OP

Your title is higly misleading ag_dude May 2012 #1

GDP is a highly misleading number..... MindMover May 2012 #2

You realize I didn't use it as a barometer of growth right? ag_dude May 2012 #3

uh. right. Stinky The Clown May 2012 #4

???? ag_dude May 2012 #5

Inflation has absolutely nothing to do with the *rate* of growth . . . . Stinky The Clown May 2012 #6

His point? Yes. His title? No. ag_dude May 2012 #7

Add "discretionary" to the headline and it starts to be correct cthulu2016 May 2012 #8