What Big Spending Government?

This graph shows total government spending per capita since 1990.  There has been no growth in spending during the Obama administration.  Cutbacks in state and local spending, due to declining tax revenues, compensated for modest increases in federal spending.  Spending growth in Clinton administration was modest compared to spending growth in the Bush administration. 

Show this graph to your Republican friends who accuse Democrats of being tax and spend liberals.  It is more accurate to accuse Republicans of being borrow and spend conservatives.