Washington Post's graphs of federal budget deficit

This is pretty startling... above (and in the link below) are The Washington Post's graphs on federal spending in the past century. 

"Since 1930, the federal government has run deficits in all but eight years. As a percent of the overall economy, the annual gap between spending and revenue is at its highest since WWII."

Explore the various facets of the government's budget and see how revenues and spending have changed over time

[Link: BoingBoing]