[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 and Tables

   List of Charts                                                    Page
     What Is the Budget?
      1-1 Government Spending as a Share of GDP, 1998................   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
     The President's 1999 Budget
      5-1 Cuts in Civilian Employment................................  33



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   List of Tables                                                    Page

     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