Comments on: Fun Facts About US Government Spending http://www.economicsjunkie.com/fun-facts-about-us-government-spending/ True Economics Applied in the Real World Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:24:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: morgan http://www.economicsjunkie.com/fun-facts-about-us-government-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-6789 morgan Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:59:02 +0000 http://www.economicsjunkie.com/?p=3259#comment-6789 facts about us government?? facts about us government??

]]> By: Nima http://www.economicsjunkie.com/fun-facts-about-us-government-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-4865 Nima Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:57:38 +0000 http://www.economicsjunkie.com/?p=3259#comment-4865 <a href="#comment-4862" rel="nofollow">@goran </a> Now you know why I also posted the relative numbers :) @goran

Now you know why I also posted the relative numbers :)

]]> By: goran http://www.economicsjunkie.com/fun-facts-about-us-government-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-4863 goran Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:06:05 +0000 http://www.economicsjunkie.com/?p=3259#comment-4863 not just inflation, but also rise in population, infrastructure (which surely is different today than in 1789) which has to adjust to the rise in population, don't forget the department of war and the US increased power since 1945 not just inflation, but also rise in population, infrastructure (which surely is different today than in 1789) which has to adjust to the rise in population, don’t forget the department of war and the US increased power since 1945

]]> By: goran http://www.economicsjunkie.com/fun-facts-about-us-government-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-4862 goran Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:01:10 +0000 http://www.economicsjunkie.com/?p=3259#comment-4862 "In there you can see that under president Reagan the federal government spent a total of $7 trillion during the 8 years from 1981 through 1988, a number higher than the combined expenses of all previous US governments from 1789 through 1980 ( a mere $6.5 trillion)" the timeline surely seems impressive, but if you are not taking inflation into consideration than that statement is overhyped. “In there you can see that under president Reagan the federal government spent a total of $7 trillion during the 8 years from 1981 through 1988, a number higher than the combined expenses of all previous US governments from 1789 through 1980 ( a mere $6.5 trillion)” the timeline surely seems impressive, but if you are not taking inflation into consideration than that statement is overhyped.

]]> By: scott t http://www.economicsjunkie.com/fun-facts-about-us-government-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-4850 scott t Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:08:55 +0000 http://www.economicsjunkie.com/?p=3259#comment-4850 has the trainwreck been responbsible for "when prices are adjusted for inflation, Americans today spend '40% less on clothes, 20% less on food, more than 50% less on appliances, about 25% less on owning and maintaining a car'than they did during the early 1970s. Over that same period, Census Bureau tables show, US median household income rose by at least 18% in constant dollars . . ." http://blog.mises.org/archives/010741.asp would americans spend 80 pecent less on clothes, 40 percent less on food and maybe 90 percent less on appliances etc if the train wreck werent impending? and have bookoo savings to boot?? has the trainwreck been responbsible for

“when prices are adjusted for inflation, Americans today spend ‘40% less on clothes, 20% less on food, more than 50% less on appliances, about 25% less on owning and maintaining a car’than they did during the early 1970s. Over that same period, Census Bureau tables show, US median household income rose by at least 18% in constant dollars . . .”
http://blog.mises.org/archives/010741.asp

would americans spend 80 pecent less on clothes, 40 percent less on food and maybe 90 percent less on appliances etc if the train wreck werent impending?

and have bookoo savings to boot??

]]> By: Jamie Holts http://www.economicsjunkie.com/fun-facts-about-us-government-spending/comment-page-1/#comment-4847 Jamie Holts Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:23:43 +0000 http://www.economicsjunkie.com/?p=3259#comment-4847 Can you tell me who did your layout? I've been looking for one kind of like yours. Thank you. Can you tell me who did your layout? I’ve been looking for one kind of like yours. Thank you.

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