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Year GDP-US Total Spending-total 1903 26.1 6.75 1904 25.8 7.25 1905 28.9 6.87 1906 30.9 6.83 1907 34 6.59 1908 30.3 7.85 1909 32.2 7.84 1910 33.4 8.03 1911 34.3 8.30 1912 37.4 8.09 1913 39.1 8.22 1914 36.5 9.56 1915 38.7 9.82 1916 49.6 8.23 1917 59.7 9.51 1918 75.8 22.14 1919 78.3 29.40 1920 88.4 12.83 1921 73.6 14.32 1922 73.4 12.67 1923 85.4 11.27 1924 87 11.47 1925 90.6 11.44 1926 97 11.11 1927 95.5 11.75 1928 97.4 11.76 1929 103.6 11.29 1930 91.2 13.22 1931 76.5 15.93 1932 58.7 21.19 1933 56.4 22.38 1934 66 19.40 1935 73.3 20.17 1936 83.8 20.00 1937 91.9 18.74 1938 86.1 20.53 1939 92.2 20.66 1940 101.4 20.14 1941 126.7 19.22 1942 161.9 28.15 1943 198.6 46.68 1944 219.8 50.02 1945 223.1 52.97 1946 222.3 35.86 1947 244.2 23.64 1948 269.2 20.46 1949 267.3 23.46 1950 293.8 23.94 1951 339.3 22.38 1952 358.3 27.88 1953 379.4 29.02 1954 380.4 29.27 1955 414.8 26.69 1956 437.5 26.47 1957 461.1 27.21 1958 467.2 28.84 1959 506.6 28.77 1960 526.4 28.74 1961 544.7 30.26 1962 567.6 29.86 1963 598.7 29.62 1964 640.4 29.53 1965 687.1 28.20 1966 752.9 28.72 1967 811.8 30.56 1968 866.6 31.99 1969 948.6 31.21 1970 1012.2 31.80 1971 1079.9 32.85 1972 1178.3 32.95 1973 1307.6 31.49 1974 1439.3 31.51 1975 1560.7 35.53 1976 1736.5 35.73 1977 1974.3 33.93 1978 2217 33.13 1979 2500.7 32.36 1980 2726.7 34.48 1981 3054.7 34.43 1982 3227.6 36.61 1983 3440.7 37.30 1984 3840.2 35.25 1985 4141.5 36.13 1986 4412.4 36.10 1987 4647.1 35.80 1988 5008.6 35.37 1989 5400.5 33.23 1990 5735.4 36.69 1991 5935.1 37.85 1992 6239.9 37.65 1993 6575.5 36.82 1994 6961.3 36.01 1995 7325.8 35.97 1996 7694.1 35.34 1997 8182.4 34.39 1998 8627.9 33.88 1999 9125.3 33.46 2000 9709.8 33.37 2001 10057.9 34.14 2002 10377.4 35.63 2003 10808.6 36.37 2004 11499.9 35.89 2005 12237.9 35.97 2006 13015.5 36.14 2007 13667.5 35.90 2008 14311.5 36.63 2009 15027 37.00 2010 15792 36.05

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Below is a formatted version of the data displayed in the chart.

US Government Spending As Percent Of GDP
Fiscal Years 1903 to 2010
Year	GDP-US $ billion	Total Spending-total percent GDP
1903	26.1	6.75
1904	25.8	7.25
1905	28.9	6.87
1906	30.9	6.83
1907	34	6.59
1908	30.3	7.85
1909	32.2	7.84
1910	33.4	8.03
1911	34.3	8.30
1912	37.4	8.09
1913	39.1	8.22
1914	36.5	9.56
1915	38.7	9.82
1916	49.6	8.23
1917	59.7	9.51
1918	75.8	22.14
1919	78.3	29.40
1920	88.4	12.83
1921	73.6	14.32
1922	73.4	12.67
1923	85.4	11.27
1924	87	11.47
1925	90.6	11.44
1926	97	11.11
1927	95.5	11.75
1928	97.4	11.76
1929	103.6	11.29
1930	91.2	13.22
1931	76.5	15.93
1932	58.7	21.19
1933	56.4	22.38
1934	66	19.40
1935	73.3	20.17
1936	83.8	20.00
1937	91.9	18.74
1938	86.1	20.53
1939	92.2	20.66
1940	101.4	20.14
1941	126.7	19.22
1942	161.9	28.15
1943	198.6	46.68
1944	219.8	50.02
1945	223.1	52.97
1946	222.3	35.86
1947	244.2	23.64
1948	269.2	20.46
1949	267.3	23.46
1950	293.8	23.94
1951	339.3	22.38
1952	358.3	27.88
1953	379.4	29.02
1954	380.4	29.27
1955	414.8	26.69
1956	437.5	26.47
1957	461.1	27.21
1958	467.2	28.84
1959	506.6	28.77
1960	526.4	28.74
1961	544.7	30.26
1962	567.6	29.86
1963	598.7	29.62
1964	640.4	29.53
1965	687.1	28.20
1966	752.9	28.72
1967	811.8	30.56
1968	866.6	31.99
1969	948.6	31.21
1970	1012.2	31.80
1971	1079.9	32.85
1972	1178.3	32.95
1973	1307.6	31.49
1974	1439.3	31.51
1975	1560.7	35.53
1976	1736.5	35.73
1977	1974.3	33.93
1978	2217	33.13
1979	2500.7	32.36
1980	2726.7	34.48
1981	3054.7	34.43
1982	3227.6	36.61
1983	3440.7	37.30
1984	3840.2	35.25
1985	4141.5	36.13
1986	4412.4	36.10
1987	4647.1	35.80
1988	5008.6	35.37
1989	5400.5	33.23
1990	5735.4	36.69
1991	5935.1	37.85
1992	6239.9	37.65
1993	6575.5	36.82
1994	6961.3	36.01
1995	7325.8	35.97
1996	7694.1	35.34
1997	8182.4	34.39
1998	8627.9	33.88
1999	9125.3	33.46
2000	9709.8	33.37
2001	10057.9	34.14
2002	10377.4	35.63
2003	10808.6	36.37
2004	11499.9	35.89
2005	12237.9	35.97
2006	13015.5	36.14
2007	13667.5	35.90
2008	14311.5	36.63
2009	15027	37.00
2010	15792	36.05

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Education

“We have met with families in which for weeks together, not an article of sustenance but potatoes had been used; yet for every child the hard-earned sum was provided to send them to school.”
E. G. West, Education and the State

Mutual Aid

In 1911... at least nine million of the 12 million covered by national insurance were already members of voluntary sick pay schemes. A similar proportion were also eligible for medical care.
Green, Reinventing Civil Society

Democratic Capitalism

Three dynamic and converging systems functioning as one: a democratic polity, an economy based on markets and incentives, and a moral-cultural system which is plural and, in the largest sense, liberal.
Michael Novak, The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism

Government Expenditure

The Union publishes an exact return of the amount of its taxes; I can get copies of the budgets of the four and twenty component states; but who can tell me what the citizens spend in the administration of county and township?
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America

	size:	Fed	Gov. Xfer	State	Local	Total
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[+] General Government
[+] Other Spending
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[+] Balance
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