I usually don’t like viewing stacked bars over time – it’s too hard to see what’s changing. This one still isn’t perfect, but the deficiencies are moderated somewhat by clear labels and only having the three columns. Content wise, it’s pretty fascinating too.
3 Responses to 50 Years of Government Spending
Rogier
May 18th, 2012 at 16:08
Where is education???
Nathan
May 21st, 2012 at 21:01
Rogier, follow the link to NPR and you will read that education has been lumped in with “everything else”.
mkbp
June 7th, 2012 at 23:35
This chart is of Federal spending. The bulk of state spending goes to education (for example, by law, nearly half the CA budget goes to education).