A Budgetary Aside.

Everyone throws around $1.5 Trillion dollars as the size of the Federal Budget for 2013.
It occurred to me, that Inflation is never taken into account.
My Proverbial Bag of Cat Food, that cost $5 in 1995, now costs closer to $20.
I would assume that the same holds true for the Federal Government...that it simply takes more Dollars if diminishing Value, to run the Government.
Here's the Inflation Calculator
http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
Here's the cut and paste, for the current Budget, in 1984 Dollars:

Inflation Calculator
		If in2013
		I purchased an item for $1,500,000,000,000.00
		then in1984
		that same item would cost:$666,375,915,545.35
		Cumulative rate of inflation:-55.6%

This is very interesting....The Current Budget , in 1984 Dollars is $666 Billion.
In 1984...also in 1984 Dollars....Reagan's Budget was:

$851,805,000,000

http://federal-budget.findthedata.org/l/87/1984

It costs more to run a country...not because of President Obama's profligacy...but because the Dollar is worth less.