Comment by [deleted] on 15/08/2012 at 05:15 UTC

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View submission: Who Is The Smallest Government Spender Since Eisenhower? Would You Believe It's Barack Obama? - Forbes

How many goddamn times are we going to see this garbage posted? Not only is it factually incorrect, but it's been posted on here several dozen times.

Despite that, a post like this still gets upvotes. You people on /r/politics amaze me to no end.

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Comment by arunan at 15/08/2012 at 07:06 UTC

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Dug up more after your comment and found this Washingtopn Post[1] article. Doesn't reference the Forbes article but covers the same issue. And declares it has significant factual errors. Thanks!

1: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/the-facts-about-the-growth-of-spending-under-obama/2012/05/24/gJQAIJh6nU_blog.html

I am actually sorry and embarrassed that I posted this. Haven't been following /r/politics much these days. A friend sent this and I did a search but didn't find anything on reddit. Hopefully people read the Washington Post debunking too.

Comment by [deleted] at 15/08/2012 at 13:22 UTC

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Came to say this! This is a misleading article that equates a growth in spending % to overall spending, which is just wrong. Annoys me every time it comes up.