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Not sure if this link will work, but here is that graph that your article is referencing in the straight form on the web site, the article seems to start its graph at a somewhat high point around y2k, when you look at the default full timeline it looks a little different to me. It looks like the y2k range was a somewhat higher point in the big picture and numbers near 1985 were similar to what we are seeing today, historically the numbers don't look too bad when you see the full graph. Not to mention there are a dozen other graphs that show a different picture, I get the feeling that your article might be a little guilty of spin itself.
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Trust me, I'm not defending the garbage the spews out of the media, but that article seems at least a little misleading since it didn't show other graphs from the same site but focused on ones that support it's agenda.
This number will have a natural decline in it just by the babyboomer effect.
Of course the raw data itself might not be trustworthy considering all the spin the gov't does on it (not including key things when calculating inflation etc).
HERE IS ANOTHER SOURCE
it's not going to get better either without a miracle
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