Some graphs to consider

How long have economists been saying that part of the budget problem is revenue related.  The folks over at the blog Calculated Risk (see here) have a clear graph (see graph below, click to enlarge).

Is anyone listening?

And over at the blog Modeled Behavior (see here), Karl Smith reminds us what has happened to jobs in last few years (click to enlarge).

He says:

Currently we have fewer people working in America than just before the dot-com bust. Taken all together this has just been a brutal decade on the jobs front.

Finally,  take a look at the research over at FactCheck.org (see here) on spending and revenue data.  Below is one of the interesting charts they have posted (click to enlarge).