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To: koan who wrote (47712)7/6/2013 1:02:55 PM
From: TimF  Respond to of 85487
 
Non-defense spending increased by a larger amount of dollars.

Defense used to dominate federal government budgets but no longer does, in the future, even if conservative republicans get elected in such numbers as to control government nearly non-stop, it will become a smaller and smaller part of federal spending, and of the economy.