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• marricks 7y ago
  The Heritage foundation sure knows how to frame things! Overall the military budget has increased steeply since the 90s https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Defense_spending.png#mw-jump-to-license https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Defense_spending.p...
  • hn_throwaway_99 7y ago
    You could say the same thing about you only posting the constant dollars graph, instead of also including a percentage of GDP chart, which is in many senses a better assessment of federal spending: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Defense_Spending_as_a_Percent_of_GDP.png https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Defense_Spending_as_a_P...
  • fiestaman 7y ago
    Your graph shows spending in constant 2009 dollars, just as mine shows spending in constant 2015 dollars, so your comment makes no sense. They are literally presenting the same information, just pegging inflation to different years.
    • marricks 7y ago
      Huh you’re right about that. For some reason your heritage chart makes it look a lot more reasonable, which I don’t agree that it is. I’m guessing it has something to with comparing to GDP?