It's easy to look at a graph and draw conclusions, but there are a lot of examples out there of disingenuous graphs which take some concentration to discern the

It's easy to look at a graph and draw conclusions, but there are a lot of examples out there of disingenuous graphs which take some concentration to discern their issues, and the graphs usually aren't displayed on TV screens long enough for there to be an issue. As an example, this one from Fox News: http://foxnewsgraphs.tumblr.com/day/2012/08/04 http://foxnewsgraphs.tumblr.com/day/2012/08/04 The graph seems pretty straightforward; government spending as a percentage of GDP has gone up under Obama from 20% to about 25%, while FDR kept it roughly the same, hovering around 10%. The graph, of course, ends at 1938. I'm sure if we extended it for the rest of FDR's term, we'd see a different picture of government spending, and probably a more accurate comparison given the huge increase in military spending thanks to a constant, unending war on whoever is available.