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1 Brandon R. Julio, The Growth of Government Spending in the Twentieth Century 1 (2000)

handle is hein.taxfoundation/srjdxz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: TAXMT~T FOUNDATION March 2000 No. 93 The Growth of Government Spending In the Twentieth Century By Brandon R. Julio Adjunct Scholar Tax Foundation Since the beginning of the twentieth century, governments in the United States have be- come increasingly involved in the lives of Americans. One indicator of this growing involvement is the increasing fraction of the overall economy that is comprised of govern- Figure 1 Total Government Current Expenditures by Type as a Percentage of Gross Domestic Product 1900 - 2000 40%1 m Other Physical Resources Net Interest Paid m Education & Training Income Security National Defense Source0 Ta Fon dt on 0 Source: Tax Foundation