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To: Katelew who wrote (132930)3/17/2010 12:22:16 PM
From: TimF  Respond to of 541281
 
Nevertheless, deficits began to accelerate (by historical measurements) which has always led me to believe that spending was the impetus. Perhaps it was mainly the increases in military spending.

It was mostly increases in entitlement spending.

Military spending generally declined as a percentage of the federal budget.