[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