Hooray? You Won't Believe How Much More Government You're Buying

We are so screwed. - Stephen Green 
You might not be shocked to learn that our addiction to profligacy has quadrupled government spending at all levels since just 1970, the year after I was born. 

But even I was shocked to learn that spending has quadrupled per person, and, yes, that's in inflation-adjusted dollars...

• We are so screwed.

Washington's Office of Management and Budget produced one of those eye-popping charts last year that, for whatever reason, came across my social media radar this morning.