Dan Minette wrote:
>
> Here's some US budget numbers
> for % changes over 4 year
> intervals...corresponding
> to presidential terms:
>
> Year        Income      Expense
>             change       change
> (...)
> 1988         4.6%       -4.1%
> 1992        -3.3%        4.2%
> 1996         8.0%       -8.1%
> 2000        10.6%       -9.4%
> 2004       -24.9%        0.1
>
> The income change over the
> last 4 years stands out.  
>

Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> 
> Did you consider the tribute that Saudi Arabia and
> Kuwait were paying after the 1st Gulf War?  That
> could easily justify this difference.
> 

Not necessarily.  I would assume any payments
by foreign govt's would be included in the "income"
column.  That column does not state "tax revenue",
after all.


-- Matt


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