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Abbey Marie
03-06-2016, 04:34 PM
No link, just this that I saw.


https://rabblerouserruminations.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/defense-v-entitlement.jpg
Kathianne
03-06-2016, 07:38 PM
I would have thought the difference was even greater. Of interest, the projections is after the 'lull' it will balloon-built in factors of Obamacare and other entitlements:

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2014/07/16/CBO-Warns-Unchecked-Entitlement-Spending-Unsustainable

https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49892
fj1200
03-07-2016, 08:43 AM
I think the dates are a bit cherry-picked but not surprising given trends.

http://www.debatepolicy.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=8542&stc=1
Kathianne
03-07-2016, 08:45 AM
I think the dates are a bit cherry-picked but not surprising given trends.

http://www.debatepolicy.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=8542&stc=1

I wouldn't accuse the Heritage Foundation of a lack of bias. The data though? It's there.
fj1200
03-07-2016, 08:50 AM
I wouldn't accuse the Heritage Foundation of a lack of bias. The data though? It's there.

Right. I meant the first graph; it didn't start in 2010.
Kathianne
03-07-2016, 08:56 AM
Right. I meant the first graph; it didn't start in 2010.

Gotcha. A jump from 1990 to 2010 and every other year after, seems a bit weird without context. I'm guessing though the context might be from the 'ending of 'defense growth' of the Reagan/Bush era' to the Obama era?