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America borrows it's way out of a debt crisis.

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  • angrypirate
    angrypirate Posts: 1,151 Forumite
    Generali wrote: »
    US Government spending as a proportion of GDP (including local Government and State spending):

    usgs_line.php?title=Total%20Spending&units=p&size=m&year=1950_2015&sname=US&bar=0&stack=1&col=c&legend=&source=a_i_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_i_a_i_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_e_g_g_g_g&spending0=23.95_22.38_27.88_29.02_29.27_26.70_26.47_27.21_28.84_28.77_28.74_30.25_28.94_28.71_28.50_26.96_27.45_29.80_30.47_30.08_31.00_31.49_31.36_29.74_30.23_33.62_34.00_32.91_32.02_31.48_33.72_34.32_36.25_36.31_34.44_35.48_35.71_35.09_34.73_34.74_36.01_37.22_37.04_36.31_35.38_35.53_34.69_33.76_33.24_32.64_32.56_33.33_34.74_35.31_34.86_34.83_35.12_35.09_37.16_42.83_40.97_40.51_38.42_38.01_37.30_36.95

    Interestingly, Government spending fell pretty quickly during the boom years of the second Clinton presidency as he balanced the books in between being felated by interns.


    UK Government spending as a proportion of GDP (including local Government spending):

    ukgs_line.php?title=Total%20Spending&year=1950_2011&sname=&units=p&bar=0&stack=1&size=m&spending0=35.89_38.01_39.07_38.41_36.24_34.95_35.10_34.55_35.12_35.21_35.20_37.60_38.31_38.31_38.35_39.35_40.04_43.43_43.73_42.08_41.77_42.03_40.84_40.98_46.40_48.28_46.30_42.09_42.49_42.75_44.54_45.29_45.56_43.20_42.59_41.71_40.76_38.40_36.28_34.25_35.23_36.45_37.97_39.70_38.48_38.73_38.93_37.64_36.22_35.32_34.63_35.49_35.80_36.44_37.55_38.93_37.83_38.69_40.17_44.58_45.31_45.13&legend=&source=a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a

    The British Government has only really spent more post WWII just before the IMF was called in and briefly during the terrible recession of the early 80s.
    If fellatio is the answer then I'd be a very happy man.
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
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    angrypirate wrote: »
    If fellatio is the answer then I'd be a very happy man.

    Well of course one of the ideas this government had was to measure general happiness and well being alongside GDP. You should start a petition.
  • alleycat`
    alleycat` Posts: 1,901 Forumite
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    Generali wrote: »
    Well of course one of the ideas this government had was to measure general happiness and well being alongside GDP. You should start a petition.

    Just be careful what end of the deal you get....
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