Debt & Guns: How We Got Here

If the talk of the town the past two weeks hasn't been the debt-ceiling or the S&P downgrade, it's how we got to this point in the first place. The community at political blog Balkinization was no different. This double-whammy showing which presidents oversaw the increasing debt limit and also the growth of military spending led to commenters going back and forth as to whose fault the entire situation is.

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For the debt viz, mouse over a rectangle to view details. For the military spending viz, use the drop-down menu to change between different spending options.

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