Spending and Revenue

1. Total Federal Spending, 1960-2006, with Congressional Leadership
Source: Heritage Foundation, Figures from FY2007 Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government, Table 8.1

2. Federal Revenue as a Percentage of GDP, 1945 — 2004

3. Proposed 2007 Federal Outlays
Source: National Priorities Project, Inc.

4. 2006 Federal Outlays
Source: National Priorities Project, Inc.

5. 2005 Federal Outlays
Source: National Priorities Project, Inc.

6. 2004 Federal Outlays
Source: National Priorities Project, Inc.

7. Federal Discretionary Spending, FY1977- FY2007
Source: National Priorities Project, Inc.

8. Federal Outlays and Revenues, 1940 — 2007
Source: National Priorities Project, Inc.

9. Federal Revenues by Source, 2006
Source: National Priorities Project, Inc

10. Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security Expected to Rise Rapidly
Source: CBO, Long term Budget Outlook, December 2005

11. President's Proposed Cuts in Domestic Discretionary Funding Grow Deeper Over Time
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

12. Since 2001, Funding for Domestic Discretionary Programs Has Fallen as a Share of the Economy
Source: CBPP calculations based on Congressional Budget Office Data

Taxes

1. Top Federal Corporate Income Tax Rates and Receipts, 1960 — 2004
Source: Heritage Foundation, Receipts from FY2007 Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government, Table 2.3, Rates from U.S Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Tax Foundation, Facts and Figures on Government Finance, 1988-89 Edition (Washington, DC, 1988); Commerce Clearing House, 1993 U.S. Master Tax Guide (Chicago, 1993); and SOI Corporation Tax Returns, Various Years

2. Average Value of Tax Cuts, 2005
Source: Tax Policy Center

3. Cost of Katrina Expenditures and Tax Cuts, 2006 — 2011
Source: CBPP calculations based on Congressional Budget Office data

4. Making the Tax Cuts and AMT Relief Permanent Would Cost Trillions
Source: CBPP calculations based on Congressional Budget Office data

5. Tax Cuts Cost More Than Most Agency Budgets
Source: CBPP Calculations Based on CBO and OMB data

6. Estate Tax Repeal Costs Nearly $1 Trillion Over Ten Years
Source: Joint Committee on Taxation and CBPP

Debt and Deficit

1. Federal Budget Deficit as a Percentage of GDP, 1962 — 2050
Source: The Heritage Foundation, Deficit Data from CBO Long-Term Budget Outlook, 2005

2. Top Ten Countries Holding Our National Debt (as of 2004)
Source: Federal Treasury

3. Gross Federal Debt, 1940 — 2010
Source: National Priorities Project Inc, 2006

4. Total and On-Budget Deficits and Surpluses, 1930 — 2007
Source: National Priorities Project Inc, 2006

5. Growth of the U.S. National Debt, 1980 — 2011 (projected)
Source: Office of Management and Budget, Budget of the U.S. Government, FY2007, Historical Tables

6. Bush Projected Deficits, 2000 — 2070
Source: U.S. FY2006 Budget, Analytical Perspectives, Chart 13-5, page 212

7. Federal Surplus/Deficits, 2000 — 2004, Including and Excluding Social Security Surplus

8. Legislation Adding to Deficits: Mostly Tax Cuts and Defense
Source: CBPP calculations based on Congressional Budget Office Data

Poverty, Wages, and Income Inequality

1. Real Hourly Wages Since Recession Ended, November 2001 — June 2004

2. Real Value of the Federal Minimum Wage, 1950 — 2004
Source: Economic Policy Institute

3. Annual Minimum Wage Earnings in 2005 Dollars and the Poverty Level for a Family of Three, 1963 — 2005
Source: Economic Policy Institute

4. Real and Current Values of the Minimum Wage, 1960 -2005
Source: Economic Policy Institute

5. Pension Coverage by Income, 2000
Source: Economic Policy Institute

6. Number in Poverty and Poverty Rate, 1959 — 2004
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Populations Survey, 1960 to 2005 Annual Social and Economic Supplements