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GDP: $15,499.8 billion(1)	United States Federal State and Local Government Spending	US CA > Pop: 311.6 million
-5yr -1yr Fiscal Year 2011 in $ billion +1yr +4yr

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Xfer(3)

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(3)

Local
(3)

Total

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Pensions

779.8

0.0

188.1

43.9

1,011.7

	[+]	Sickness and disability		7.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.4
	[+]	Old age		772.4	0.0	188.1	43.9	1,004.3

[+]

Health Care

874.4

-313.6

456.9

138.7

1,156.5

[+]	Medical service (Seniors)	502.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	502.0
[+]	Medical service	0.0	-23.4	116.9	132.9	226.4
[+]	Public health services	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4
[+]	R&D Health	34.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	34.6
	Health n.e.c.	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Vendor Payments (Welfare)	333.5	-290.1	340.0	5.8	389.1

[+]

Education

148.6

-80.0

295.5

738.4

1,102.4

[+]	Pre-primary thru secondary education	69.4	-80.0	8.6	678.6	676.6
[+]	Tertiary education	28.9	0.0	247.4	47.2	323.6
[+]	Education not definable by level	50.2	0.0	39.5	12.6	102.3
	Subsidiary services to education	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	R&D Education	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Education n.e.c.	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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Defense

830.9

0.0

0.9

0.0

831.8

[+]	Military defense	658.7	0.0	658.7
	Civil defense	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Veterans	118.2	0.9	119.1
[+]	Foreign military aid	10.7	0.0	10.7
[+]	Foreign economic aid	43.3	0.0	43.3
	R&D Defence	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Defence n.e.c.	0.0	0.0	0.0

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Welfare

409.7

-56.2

165.8

95.7

615.0

[+]	Family and children	95.1	0.0	14.1	9.3	118.4
[+]	Unemployment	74.6	-3.9	70.5	0.1	141.2
[+]	Housing	57.0	-52.3	16.5	40.8	61.9
[+]	Social exclusion n.e.c.	183.1	0.0	54.3	45.5	282.9
	R&D Social protection	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Social protection n.e.c.	0.0	0.0	10.5	0.0	10.5

[+]

Protection

54.5

0.0

110.1

205.3

369.9

[+]	Police services	28.6	14.5	93.2	136.3
[+]	Fire-protection services	0.0	0.0	48.9	48.9
[+]	Law courts	18.0	37.2	30.9	86.1
[+]	Prisons	7.9	58.4	32.2	98.5
	R&D Public order and safety	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Public order and safety n.e.c.	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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Transportation

88.9

-57.9

107.0

124.7

262.7

[+]

Transport

88.9

-57.9

107.0

124.7

262.7

[+]

General Government

25.8

-1.5

36.5

76.4

137.1

	[+]	Executive and legislative organs, financ		19.0	0.0	36.5	76.4	131.9
	[+]	General services		6.7	-1.5	0.0	0.0	5.3

[+]

Other Spending

132.7

-41.8

92.8

472.9

656.5

[+]	Basic research	18.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
[+]	General economic, commercial and labour	-7.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	-7.7
[+]	Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunti	30.4	-2.5	14.8	13.6	56.3
[+]	Fuel and energy	4.0	-0.1	16.9	95.4	116.3
	Mining, manufacturing and construction	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Communication	-2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	-2.1
[+]	Other industries	0.0	0.0	5.9	1.2	7.1
	R&D Economic affairs	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Economic affairs n.e.c.	14.9	0.0	2.5	7.3	24.7
[+]	Waste management	0.0	0.0	3.3	26.2	29.5
[+]	Waste water management	0.0	-3.0	1.5	67.3	65.8
[+]	Pollution abatement	11.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.3
[+]	Protection of biodiversity and landscape	10.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.3
	R&D Environmental protection	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Environmental protection n.e.c.	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Housing development	14.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	14.9
[+]	Community development	27.9	0.0	0.0	1.8	29.7
[+]	Water supply	7.9	-0.9	0.4	84.7	92.2
	Street lighting	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	R&D Housing and community amenities	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Housing and community amenities n.e.c.	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	Recreational and sporting services	4.0	0.0	6.7	44.0	54.7
	Cultural services	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Broadcasting and publishing services	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Religious and other community services	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	R&D Recreation, culture and religion	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	Recreation, culture and religion n.e.c.	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	R&D General public services	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
[+]	General public services n.e.c.	-1.2	0.0	40.8	131.3	171.0
[+]	Transfers of a general character between	0.0	-35.3	0.0	0.0	-35.3

[+]

Interest

254.5

0.0

59.0

74.3

387.8

[+]

Public debt transactions

254.5

0.0

59.0

74.3

387.8

[+]

Balance

14.9

-0.0

90.3

35.3

140.5

[+]

Total Spending

3,614.8

-550.9

1,602.7

2,005.5

6,672.0

[+]

Total

3,614.8

-550.9

1,602.7

2,005.5

6,672.0

[+]

Federal Deficit

929.4

0.0

929.4

	[+]	Total Spending		3,614.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3,614.8
	[+]	Total Revenue		-2,685.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	-2,685.4

[+]

Gross Public Debt

15,673.9

0.0

1,236.0

2,278.1

19,188.0

[+]

Gross Public Debt

15,673.9

0.0

1,236.0

2,278.1

19,188.0

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