A post like this really shouldn't be necessary, but part of the right wing canard that Obama has been a profligate spender is based on spending as a percentage of GDP. It looks like this - Graph 1.

Real gross domestic product increased at an annual rate of 2.8% in Q3 2024, according to the second estimate. he latest estimate is in line with the forecasted 2.8% growth and is below the Q2 2024 GDP ...

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