Dear Editor,

Just the facts!

Some people have a problem accepting facts over fiction, but here are some facts written by Paul Ungar, a contributor to Forbes Magazine.

There have been rumors flying around that President Obama has been the most “prolific big government spender the nation has ever suffered.” Just check out the chart below:

Reagan ’82-85: 8.7, Reagan ’86-89: 4.9, Bush I ’90-93: 5.4, Clinton ’94-97: 3.2, Clinton ’98-01: 3.9, Bush II ’02-05: 7.3, Bush II ’06-09: 8.1, Obama ’10-13: 1.4

Mr. Ungar retrieved this data from the OMB, CBO and Haver Analytics. So if you deal in facts over fiction and rumors, this will serves as verification.

Dolores Guinn

Horseshoe Bay, Texas