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Total spending in 1979 was:
$809 billion.

You work for the Brookings Institution, or maybe the American Enterprise Institute, and you are the best.
You know the rules.
  • The more money, the more votes.
  • The more votes, the more power.
To start, click the checkbox for your favorite government program below.

For year 1979, spending in billions.

Brookings
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ProtectionTransportationHealth CareEducation
WelfarePensions Play Again

AEI
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Here’s how to play POLICY ANALYST:

  1. Click checkbox to select your favorite program
  2. Brookings always moves first
  3. The player with the most spending programs wins!
    Or does s/he?

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