Ok, no sarcasm, I got it.
The above graph this post is based on is for all intents and purposes true, and yet has no practical meaning. While this years budget is the largest ever at nearly half a trillion dollars, in reality it only comes to about 4.5% of the entire economy.
Look back to WWII when our deficit ran to 30% of the entire economy.
http://www.factcheck.org/article148.html