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To: Elmer who wrote (117408)	11/12/2000 8:20:13 PM
From: nihil	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Elmer, you are completely wrong. Below you will see that defense spending starting increasing rapidly under Carter in 1977 and grew rapidly until Bush's cut in 1991 and the end of the cold war. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Table E-10. Discretionary Outlays, Fiscal Years 1962-1999 (In billions of dollars) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Defense International Domestic Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1962 52.6 5.5 14.0 72.1 1963 53.7 5.2 16.3 75.3 1964 55.0 4.6 19.5 79.1 1965 51.0 4.7 22.1 77.8 1966 59.0 5.1 26.1 90.1 1967 72.0 5.3 29.1 106.5 1968 82.2 4.9 31.0 118.0 1969 82.7 4.1 30.5 117.3 1970 81.9 4.0 34.4 120.3 1971 79.0 3.8 39.7 122.5 1972 79.3 4.6 44.6 128.5 1973 77.1 4.8 48.5 130.4 1974 80.7 6.2 51.3 138.2 1975 87.6 8.2 62.1 157.9 1976 89.9 7.5 78.2 175.5 1977 97.5 8.0 91.5 197.0 1978 104.6 8.5 105.4 218.6 1979 116.8 9.1 114.0 239.9 1980 134.6 12.8 128.8 276.2 1981 158.0 13.6 136.3 307.9 1982 185.9 12.9 127.1 325.9 1983 209.9 13.6 129.8 353.3 1984 228.0 16.3 135.1 379.4 1985 253.1 17.4 145.2 415.7 1986 273.8 17.7 146.9 438.5 1987 282.5 15.2 146.4 444.2 1988 290.9 15.7 157.7 464.4 1989 304.0 16.6 168.2 488.8 1990 300.1 19.1 181.3 500.5 1991 319.7 19.7 193.9 533.3 1992 302.6 19.2 212.8 534.6 1993 292.4 21.6 227.0 541.0 1994 282.3 20.8 240.8 543.9 1995 273.6 20.1 252.0 545.7 1996 266.0 18.3 250.2 534.5 1997 271.7 19.0 258.3 548.9 1998 270.2 18.1 266.4 554.7 1999 275.5 19.5 280.0 575.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: Congressional Budget Office.