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A Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget

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Table of Contents

A Note to the Reader

1. What Is the Budget?

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

3. How Does the Government Create a Budget?

4. The Budget Surplus and Fiscal Discipline

5. The President's 2002 Budget

Glossary

List of Charts and Tables

Details in this document may not add to
totals due to rounding.