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snippy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-03-03 07:01 PM
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8. How does one measure the size of the federal government?
Since Kennedy was president, federal spending and the federal deficit (both in current dollars and as a percentage of GDP) always have increased more under republican presidents than under democratic presidents.
http://w3.access.gpo.gov/usbudget/fy2001/sheets/hist01z3.xls

(Note: The numbers for the first year of a president's term are from the budget of the preceding term. Also, the estimates for 2000-2005 no longer apply. There were surpluses in 2000 and 2001, and huge deficits now and forever.)
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