Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free _Mother Jones Daily_. Since the federal budget is in the news today, I figured everybody might

like to see how much our government has been spending over the years. So here it is. As Republicans like to say, it’s clear that spending is spiraling out of control: UPDATE: Someone is

going to demand total government spending at all levels, so I might as well get ahead of the curve. Here it is: