    [A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget]
    [List of Charts and Tables]
    [From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    List of Charts

    What Is the Budget?
    1-1 Government Spending as a Share of GDP, 1996....................2
    1-2 Total Government Outlays as a Percent of GDP...................3

    Where the Money Comes From--and Where It Goes
    2-1 Family Budgeting...............................................5
    2-2 National Budgeting.............................................6
    2-3 The Federal Government Dollar--Where It Comes From.............7
    2-4 Composition of Revenues........................................9
    2-5 Revenues as a Percent of GDP--Comparison With Other Countries..9
    2-6 The Federal Government Dollar--Where It Goes..................10
    2-7 On- and Off-Budget Deficit Projections........................15

    How Does the Government Create a Budget?
    3-1 Major Steps in the Budget Process.............................18

    Deficits and the Debt
    4-1 Past and Future Budget Deficits or Surpluses..................21
    4-2 Outlays as a Percent of GDP...................................22
    4-3 Total Government Surplus or Deficit as a Percent of GDP.......24
    4-4 Interest Costs as a Percent of Income Tax Revenues............27

    The President's 1997 Budget
    5-1 Cuts in Civilian Employment...................................33

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    List of Tables

    Where the Money Comes From--and Where It Goes
    2-1 Revenues by Source-Summary.....................................8
    2-2 Spending Summary..............................................12
    2-3 Spending by Function..........................................13
    2-4 Spending by Agency............................................14

    Deficits and the Debt
    4-1 Federal Government Financing and Debt.........................25