Political Science

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(Both are federal fund budget items, paid from general revenues, not trust funds); in recent years net interest is the fourth or fifth largest category of national government spending, alternating with Medicaid

• Outlays for Net Interest and Medicaid, 1940 to estimated 2008, in Billions of Current and Constant (2002) dollars
• Interest on the National Debt:  Yearly inflation-adjusted Change and as Percent of Outlays, 1940 to estimated 2004
• Medicaid:  Yearly inflation-adjusted Change and as Percent of Outlays, 1960 to estimated 2004
• Inflation-adjusted Change in Interest and Medicaid Outlays by Presidential Term, 1940 to estimated 2004
• Summary pdf file with all charts in this net interest and Medicaid section