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	US Federal Government FY 11 Budget Estimated Outlays in $ billion nominal
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		Estimated Outlays from US Federal FY 11 Budget
Change View: people old default radical census programs altprog oldprog COFOG		FY 2010 Outlays	FY 2011 Outlays	FY 2012 Outlays	FY 2013 Outlays	FY 2014 Outlays	FY 2015 Outlays
[+]	Pensions	766.3	780.8	814.9	856.0	902.0	950.8
[+]	Health Care	829.5	898.0	878.5	950.8	1,037.1	1,088.3
[+]	Education	157.0	140.9	131.6	135.2	141.6	146.1
[+] Charts: Click on a to display a bar of data in a row or column of this table. Click on to display a time-series chart of data in a row. [+] Drill-down: Click on the [+] to drill down to more detailed numbers. For federal spending line items (but not revenue) you can drill down three levels to view about 4,000 items of spending at the “agency code” level.	Defense	895.0	928.5	863.9	856.5	875.7	900.7
[+]	Welfare	565.2	471.5	438.5	408.5	403.3	396.7
[+]	Protection	55.0	57.3	59.2	57.2	57.1	58.2
[+]	Transportation	106.5	104.2	98.2	96.2	93.7	95.6
[+]	General Government	30.6	29.0	29.8	29.9	31.3	33.6
[+]	Other Spending	127.8	173.1	97.4	89.2	109.5	144.4
[+]	Interest	187.8	250.7	342.9	435.9	509.9	571.1
[+]	Balance	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Total Spending: Start chart	3,720.7	3,833.9	3,754.9	3,915.4	4,161.2	4,385.5
[+]	Federal Deficit	1,555.6	1,266.7	828.5	727.3	705.8	751.9
[+]	Gross Public Debt	12,033.7	14,122.1	15,484.3	16,699.2	17,805.6	18,917.2
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US Federal Government Outlays Fiscal Year 2010 - 2015 Estimated Outlays in $ billion nom Year FY 2010 Outlays FY 2011 Outlays FY 2012 Outlays FY 2013 Outlays FY 2014 Outlays FY 2015 Outlays Pensions 766.3 b 780.8 b 814.9 b 856.0 b 902.0 b 950.8 b Health Care 829.5 b 898.0 b 878.5 b 950.8 b 1,037.1 b 1,088.3 b Education 157.0 b 140.9 b 131.6 b 135.2 b 141.6 b 146.1 b Defense 895.0 b 928.5 b 863.9 b 856.5 b 875.7 b 900.7 b Welfare 565.2 b 471.5 b 438.5 b 408.5 b 403.3 b 396.7 b Protection 55.0 b 57.3 b 59.2 b 57.2 b 57.1 b 58.2 b Transportation 106.5 b 104.2 b 98.2 b 96.2 b 93.7 b 95.6 b General Government 30.6 b 29.0 b 29.8 b 29.9 b 31.3 b 33.6 b Other Spending 127.8 b 173.1 b 97.4 b 89.2 b 109.5 b 144.4 b Interest 187.8 b 250.7 b 342.9 b 435.9 b 509.9 b 571.1 b Balance 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total Spending 3,720.7 b 3,833.9 b 3,754.9 b 3,915.4 b 4,161.2 b 4,385.5 b Federal Deficit 1,555.6 b 1,266.7 b 828.5 b 727.3 b 705.8 b 751.9 b Gross Public Debt 12,033.7 e 14,122.1 e 15,484.3 e 16,699.2 e 17,805.6 e 18,917.2 e Legend: b - budgeted estimate in US FY11 budget e - estimated by usgovernmentspending.com Data Sources for 2010: Federal: www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=BUDGET&browsePath=Fiscal+Year+2011&searchPath=Fiscal+Year+2011&leafLevelBrowse=false&isCollapsed=false&isOpen=true&packageid=BUDGET-2011-TAB&ycord=822 Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1 Data Sources for 2015: Federal: www.gpo.gov/fdsys/browse/collection.action?collectionCode=BUDGET&browsePath=Fiscal+Year+2011&searchPath=Fiscal+Year+2011&leafLevelBrowse=false&isCollapsed=false&isOpen=true&packageid=BUDGET-2011-TAB&ycord=822 Fed. Budget: Hist. Tables 3.2, 5.1, 7.1 source: usgovernmentoutlays.com

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