Not to rub salt into the wound, for FY05 it took a big jump, though probably a temporary one.
-----Original Message----- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Devine Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 11:38 AM To: PEN-L@SUS.CSUCHICO.EDU Subject: Re: Tax Cuts to Rescue N. Orleans oops. double oops. Not enough coffee. The web-site was a bit hard to read, so I merged tables 3 and 4 in my mind. That's 1.6% of GDP, compared to 3.6% in 1962. It's $189.4 billion compared to $20.5 billion in 1962. The source is: http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=1821&sequence=0#table3 (the Congressional Budget Office.)