[Your Nightmare]

That chart conveniently left off the averages for Bush's budgets.

I'll try to figure them out and post.

And I think as time goes on % of GDP may not be the best way to judge budget spending. The GDP is growing at a faster rate than I would want the Government to.

[windchime]

It looks like the 'averages' were based on the entire term of a President. My knowledge of budgets is minimal, but without without the full term of budgets being considered, the 'averages' of each wouldn't be comparable.

It appears that the incomplete picture is presented simply because it is incomplete. '05 numbers should allow them to make their adjustments to the chart.