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    Popular Programs Show Jump in Spending Since 2002

    Created on October 16, 2012

    Popular Programs Show Jump in Spending Since 2002
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    Federal Spending by the Numbers 2012

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    VETERANS PROGRAMS

    TRANSPORTATION

    K–12 EDUCATION

    In Billions of Inflation-Adjusted Dollars (2012)

    Source: Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, FY 2013: Historical Tables, Tables 3.2 and 5.1, http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/Historicals (accessed August 28, 2012).

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