body padding with table question...

[James Lariviere]

I am not sure how this should render:

body {
    padding: 50px;
    margin: 0;
}

In my html page (displays survey results in a table) I have a table that
overflows my viewport.

<table width="2000">

right now mozilla renders the right end of the table snug against the right
side of the viewport and does not add the 50px body padding.  Is this right
and if so why?

thanks,
james