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From the NYT article titled, “Republicans Prepare to Open ‘Pandora’s Box’ of Budget Gimmicks” more evidence of how hard it is to count things. Or maybe how different the answer can be depending on which way you do it.

Graph from NYT article. Two bar plots of data over time from 2025-2034 showing cost of tax cuts. First graph shows decreasing amount from about 200 million to something negative, around -50 billion. The second graph (traditional way of accounting) starts about the same and quickly increases to between about 400-600 billion for all other years.

#rstats I’m looking for a package that allows you to easily combine ggplot graphs with a table underneath. Think of having categorical variable on xaxis with box plots and then a table below with some basic stats - count, mean, etc. I know this exists! What is it?

Going back to my roots to ask all the stupid #rstats questions. Can someone tell me when I might need a C compiler on my Windows computer to install an R package? More than what is in Rtools. Getting way out of my comfort zone talking to IT support at work and want to be as informed as possible.