federal revenue has remained remarkably flat since wwii.
Most changes in taxation were redistributions then…
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FDR was a highly consequential president, for better or worse
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Also important to recognize that modern society is built on a variety of government-involved things. Modern electric gas water and sewage utilities, roads highways and airports, telecommunications and internet infrastructure (including satellites). And of course modern education and healthcare (much different than the equivalent in 1880).
It’s only natural that government would grow over that time period. Probably similar in other countries
![United States Tax Revenue and Government Spending as a percentage of GDP [OC]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/zyvubw4a85wf1-1024x632.png "United States Tax Revenue and Government Spending as a percentage of GDP [OC]")
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The data is from https://www.usgovernmentrevenue.com/revenue_chart_1800_2029USb_27s1li111mcny_F0t
The plot was made with matplotlib.
Wow what happened in about 1939 /s
federal revenue has remained remarkably flat since wwii.
Most changes in taxation were redistributions then…
FDR was a highly consequential president, for better or worse
Also important to recognize that modern society is built on a variety of government-involved things. Modern electric gas water and sewage utilities, roads highways and airports, telecommunications and internet infrastructure (including satellites). And of course modern education and healthcare (much different than the equivalent in 1880).
It’s only natural that government would grow over that time period. Probably similar in other countries