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- Read about FEDERAL DEFICIT here.
- Analyze FEDERAL BUDGET here.
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What is the spending data; where is it from?
- Federal spending data begins in 1792.
- State and local spending data begins in 1902.
- 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.
- Gross Domestic Product data comes from measuringworth.com.
- Spending data sources here.
Federal data since 1962 comes from the president’s budget.
All other spending data comes from the US Census Bureau.
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US GDP for 2011 Updated
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“We have met with families in which for weeks together, not an article of sustenance but potatoes had been used; yet for every child the hard-earned sum was provided to send them to school.”
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