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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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Data Sources for 1998_2018:
Sources for 1998:
GDP: Measuring Worth - US GDP
Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2 and 7.1
State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances
Sources for 2018:
GDP: Fed. Budget: Hist. Table 10.1
Federal: Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2 and 7.1
State and Local: State and Local Gov. Finances
“Guesstimated” by projecting the latest change in reported spending forward to future years
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Medicare and Social Security Details
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Budget News
FY 2014 Budget due for release April 10, 2013
Obama budget would cut entitlements in exchange for tax increases.
Obama budget delayed until April
Sources say April 8, 2013.
2014 budget to be released in mid-March
"We understand that the President intends to submit the top-level budget to the Congress in mid-March, with the delivery of all justification material later in the month," according to Defense Dept. Deputy Controller John Roth.
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