https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2008/11/07/more-vs-less-guns-vs-butter-part-2/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 21:24:05 -0400<![CDATA[A reader writes to say that the Heritage Foundation charts in the first post graphically overstate the actual growth of the federal government over time. &#8220;I have a problem with the Heritage Foundation. They have an axe to grind and they show by never showing a jey chart which is compares nominal federal spending to nominal GDP. I didn&#8217;t have time to search much, but I found this: http://www.truthandpolitics.org/outlays-per-gdp.php As you can see, the line is kind of flat though rising slightly. It looks much less scary than the charts of the heritage. In a growing economy, Federal spending is going to trend up and to the right. The Heritage people just want it to stop and go down.&#8221;]]>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:03:21 -0500<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2008/11/07/more-vs-less-guns-vs-butter-part-2-n186424