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Re:The American Economy Is in a Funk, But Not for the Reason... by WalterBright on Sunday March 20, 2016 @10:17PM (#11325786)
The government's share of GDP has increased substantially.

http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_20th_century_chart.ht...

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Re:The American Economy Is in a Funk, But Not for the Reason... by fweespee_ch on Sunday March 20, 2016 @11:27PM (#11326030)
In perspective its really not that odd.

https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/FYONGDA188S

1) 2015 is 20.55%. 1980 is 20.64%.

2) Recessions increase spikes as a share of GDP, really bad recessions have bigger spikes.

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Re:The American Economy Is in a Funk, But Not for the Reason... by WalterBright on Monday March 21, 2016 @12:06AM (#11326177)
Scroll down to chart S.03t. It shows a consistent trend upwards. The chart shows total government spending, not just federal.
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Re:The American Economy Is in a Funk, But Not for the Reason... by fweespee_ch on Monday March 21, 2016 @10:34AM (#11328308)
The point is, I can't fix the other 49 states with magical powers.
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Re:The American Economy Is in a Funk, But Not for the Reason... by jjoonathan on Sunday March 20, 2016 @11:00PM (#11325935)
And how much of that is due to increasing medicare costs?
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Re:The American Economy Is in a Funk, But Not for the Reason... by zaroth on Sunday March 20, 2016 @11:50PM (#11326123)
Looks like about 40% of the increase over the last 30 years can be attributed to increased "health" spending. Health as a percentage of total has gone from ~10% - 22%.

       Health   Everything Else  (Per Capita, 2009 dollars)
  1986   1141   10243  
  2016   4111   14484	
  Inc    2970    4241
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/spending_chart_1980_2021...
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