Well, lookeeee here, I guess I did find it...
and guess what?... it says that you are WRONG,
and that the other reference was actually RIGHT...
C'mon, just admit it, you pulled the "42%" number
out of thin air!
[DOCID:2003_tab_histtab-19]
[Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government,
Fiscal Year 2003]
[Page 109-115]
From the Budget of the U.S., FY 2003 Online via GPO Access
[wais.access.gpo.gov]
Table 6.1--COMPOSITION OF OUTLAYS: 1940-2007--Continued
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Category 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
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Total outlays................... 92,191 97,723 106,821 111,316 118,528 118,228 134,532 157,464 178,134 183,640
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National defense \1\............ 48,130 49,601 52,345 53,400 54,757 50,620 58,111 71,417 81,926 82,497
Nondefense:
Payments for individuals...... 24,162 27,525 28,938 30,958 32,217 33,103 37,076 43,211 49,849 57,225
Direct payments \2\......... (21,682) (24,907) (25,987) (27,677) (28,658) (29,385) (32,771) (38,392) (43,779) (49,983)
Grants to State and local (2,480) (2,618) (2,951) (3,280) (3,559) (3,718) (4,305) (4,819) (6,070) (7,243)
governments................
All other grants.............. 4,534 4,497 4,958 5,281 6,571 7,159 8,557 10,387 12,454 12,887
Net Interest \2\.............. 6,947 6,716 6,889 7,740 8,199 8,591 9,386 10,268 11,090 12,699
All other \2\................. 13,238 14,191 18,965 19,734 22,492 24,663 27,944 29,475 30,861 26,318
Undistributed offsetting -4,820 -4,807 -5,274 -5,797 -5,708 -5,908 -6,542 -7,294 -8,045 -7,986
receipts \2\.................
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Total nondefense............ 44,061 48,122 54,477 57,915 63,771 67,608 76,421 86,047 96,208 101,143
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