To be fair, the trend was (has been up since the 1970's). If you extrapolate the trend from "W" days the numbers would be:

GDP: 10% increase
Federal Spending: 30% increase
PCTR: 100% increase

So, it's still doesn't paint a rosey picture. We're not taking in much more money, continuing to spend more than we have, all the while increasing social programs by 100%

Of course, this is only extrapolated to the current year and doesn't take into account each year since "W" that these have continued to increase; which continues to put a further strain on our debt, jobs and livelyhood.