On September 20, 2008 I posted two charts on presidential spending. It is still a great picture of reality that flies in the face of pervasive mythology.
So many politicians and fans thereof hold the memory of President Reagan up as the ultimate fiscal conservative. You can find only one ex-USA-president in history more profligate. Yet the mythology lives on … and on… and on. It frosts me to no end. So I turned the original post into a page making it easier to find and reference.
Here’s the page: Presidential Spending