wish they had that chart in constant dollars and another showing budget deficits in constant dollars for each administration. Comparing 1945 dollars to 2014 dollars always looks bad. And then you need a pair of charts showing debt and deficits as percentage of GNP. It starts to get complicated and takes longer to explain than 30 seconds so some folks are not interested. Yes, you have to have revenue. Kennedy showed you can cut taxes and increase revenue but you still should cut spending too. But with both parties buying votes with federal programs, kinda hard to cut spending.