Krugman Again

I'm starting to think my co-worker (and loyal reader) Alexander just likes to link me Krugman articles for the sake of an argument when work is slow. The article in question today was Krugman's Sunday headliner comparing government spending during the "Morning in America" Reagan recovery and today's current recession. Krugman rightly points out that Reagan's government actually increased spending more than Obama's if state and local spending are included.  What Krugman neglects to mention is that the majority of difference comes only AFTER the federal reserve turned on the monetary spigot, increasing NGDP growth to above 12% over the course of a single year.  For comparison sake, here is the government spending graph that Krugman links to followed by NGDP and RGDP growth following both recessions.