There's no time axis as this isn't particularly a time-based graph The graph pretends to be a time-based graph, though, by highlighting the differences between

There's no time axis as this isn't particularly a time-based graph The graph pretends to be a time-based graph, though, by highlighting the differences between the Bush and Obama administrations. It's not like it would take any more work or space to lay the information out horizontally. I'm sure I've seen it done before, but this is the closest I can find: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Federal_Debt_as_Percent_of_GDP_by_President.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:US_Federal_Debt_as_Percent...