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Total Budgeted* Government Spending; Expenditure GDP – CHARTS – Deficit Debt ... Create CHARTS of government spending history here. ... Spending data is from official government sources. Federal data since 1962 comes from the president’s budget. All other spending data comes from the US Census Bureau.
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www.usgovernmentspending.com/
www.usgovernmentspending.com/
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US or State: By default, the chart shows overall United States government spending. But you can select spending for individual states by selecting the state dropdown control in the table heading.
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www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_20th_century_chart.html
www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_20th_century_chart.html
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Have you ever wanted to find more information on government spending? Have you ever wondered where Federal contracting dollars and grant awards go? Or perhaps you would just like to know, as a citizen, what the Government is really doing with your money.
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www.usaspending.gov/
www.usaspending.gov/
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2008 Performance Report of the Federal Government GAO High Risk Issues List ... The Federal Government is working to ensure its programs perform well. Here we provide you information about where we're successful and where we fall short, and in both situations, what we're doing to improve our performance next year.
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www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/
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The money that the Federal Government uses to pay its bills—its revenues or receipts—comes mostly from taxes. In the past three years, revenues were greater than spending, and the Government was able to reduce the national debt with the difference between revenues and spending—that is, the surplus.
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www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2002/guide02.html
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The "leviathan" theory holds that governments try to get control of as much of the economy as possible. Obviously, the leviathan theory is inconsistent with the early decades of stable government spending.
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www.econlib.org/library/Enc1/GovernmentSpending.html
www.econlib.org/library/Enc1/GovernmentSpending.html
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"A politician cannot spend one dime on any spending project without first taking that dime from the person who earned it. So, when a politician votes for a spending bill he is saying that he believes the government should spend that particular dollar rather than the individual who worked for it." Neal Boortz.
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All government spending--even that financed by borrowing--must eventually be paid for with taxes. The real cost of government therefore is how much it spends, not how much it taxes. The lesson is clear: Over the long run, low taxes are possible only with low spending.
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www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/bg1622.cfm
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