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Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget: Fiscal Year 1999

Table of Contents

A Note to the Reader

1. What Is the Budget

2. Where the Money Comes From--and Where It Goes

• Revenues
• Spending
• "On" and "Off" Budget

3. How Does the Government Create a Budget?

• The President's Budget
• The Budget Process
• Action in Congress
• Monitoring the Budget

4. Deficits and the Debt

• Why the Deficit is a Problem
• Deficits and Debt
• Deficit Reduction Efforts

5. The President's 1999 Budget

• Investing in the Future
• Improving Performance Through Better Management

Glossary

List of Charts and Tables

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