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Re:USA Facts – Federal, state, and local data from governmen... by programbreeding on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @02:28PM (#14141481)
They are not. I took them directly from USAFacts[0], and according to their methodologies[1], they have not adjusted for inflation either.

[0] http://usafacts.org/government-finances/spending?comparison=...

[1] http://usafacts.org/methodology

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Re:USA Facts – Federal, state, and local data from governmen... by tptacek on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @04:09PM (#14142413)
Wait, none of these graphs are in constant dollars? How are we meant to read them?
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Re:USA Facts – Federal, state, and local data from governmen... by Cshelton on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @04:20PM (#14142511)
Some charts and graphs are inflation adjusted, others aren't. You have to find it for each one.

And yes, some are in thousands, some in millions, and some are actual. On a large report like this with many different metrics, expecting them all to be scaled the same would make many hard to read.

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