Obama's Joint Session of Congress Speech

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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

one interesting note on those two visuals, the 2004 one has the pie split 2 ways - defense and congress and all the rests shoots off of those 2. the 2009 version has defense still separated out, but where congress was now it is just a huge jumble. not sure why the difference, but it does seem like it tries to makes congress less accountable, in a subtle way. also, again my opinion, the 2004 seems like a just the facts display, vs the 2009 one which seems more political

What you're seeing is maturity in visualization approach not politics. Whatever angle you look from the numbers are straight from OMB and speak for themselves.