So, would President Obama’s budget plan really increase deficit spending much more than other modern presidents? Well, yeah, to the tune of seven times more, measured as a percentage of economic output, than under President Kennedy over 45 years ago — as you can see in this chart. It’s one of the 37 easy-to-follow information graphics in Heritage’s updated and expanded 2009 Federal Revenue and Spending Book of Charts. How much and how fast would our national debt go up under the Obama plan? Is it true that, amid the …
Here is a picture of the crowd in Olympia, Washington courtesy of Trent England. Not small.
