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To: tejek who wrote (337423)	5/26/2007 5:28:01 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 1576378

Interesting.....what social programs are included under social programs? Entitlements, all welfare programs. I'm not sure if it includes other things, but even if it does they would only make a minor difference. Does the defense figure include spending for the Iraqi war I think it does include Iraq, but if it doesn't, adding Iraq only makes a marginal difference. It wouldn't change the overall point of that graph. Defense used to be the majority of federal spending, its gotten much smaller by that measure (or by % of GDP) and the recent increase, is only a blip against the larger trend in the other direction.