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Are those numbers inflation adjusted?

• programbreeding 9y ago
  They are not. I took them directly from USAFacts[0], and according to their methodologies[1], they have not adjusted for inflation either. [0] http://usafacts.org/government-finances/spending?comparison=by_years&government_type=federal&table=spending--by-mission&year=2014 http://usafacts.org/government-finances/spending?comparison=... [1] http://usafacts.org/methodology http://usafacts.org/methodology
  • tptacek 9y ago
    Wait, none of these graphs are in constant dollars? How are we meant to read them?
    • Cshelton 9y ago
      Some charts and graphs are inflation adjusted, others aren't. You have to find it for each one. And yes, some are in thousands, some in millions, and some are actual. On a large report like this with many different metrics, expecting them all to be scaled the same would make many hard to read.
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