Table 3.16.—Government Current Expenditures by Function

	Line	1995	1996	1997	1998
Government/1/	1	2,293.7	2,384.5	2,461.8	2,523.1
General public service	2	385.1	394.5	400.8	405.5
Executive and legislative	3	39.0	42.1	41.6	42.9
Tax collection and financial management	4	33.9	32.8	35.9	36.6
Net interest paid/2/	5	267.8	274.1	275.4	276.1
Other/3/	6	44.4	45.5	47.8	49.9
National defense	7	297.1	302.0	304.1	299.5
Public order and safety	8	132.0	141.9	152.0	162.2
Police	9	50.7	55.5	60.3	65.0
Fire	10	17.4	18.1	19.1	20.2
Law courts	11	25.2	26.7	28.6	31.1
Prisons	12	38.7	41.7	44.0	45.8
Economic affairs	13	137.3	142.5	145.1	152.7
General economic and labor affairs	14	18.9	19.4	20.3	20.9
Agriculture	15	18.4	19.0	19.5	26.2
Energy	16	–.4	–1.8	–4.2	–6.4
Natural resources	17	17.6	17.9	17.9	18.9
Transportation	18	80.7	83.9	88.4	92.2
Highways	19	55.0	57.6	61.0	64.5
Air	20	4.5	4.7	5.0	5.0
Water	21	6.1	6.2	6.1	6.4
Transit and railroad	22	15.1	15.4	16.2	16.3
Postal service	23	1.8	4.1	4.1	3.4
Space	24	12.1	12.7	13.0	12.1
Other/4/	25	–11.8	–12.7	–13.9	–14.6
Housing and community services	26	27.4	26.7	28.8	26.2
Health	27	401.8	426.9	445.9	452.1
Recreation and culture	28	14.6	14.9	16.1	16.8
Education	29	358.6	375.5	395.9	416.6
Elementary and secondary	30	262.2	276.4	291.3	307.2
Higher	31	68.7	69.6	74.2	77.0
Libraries	32	4.7	5.1	5.5	5.9
Other	33	23.0	24.4	24.9	26.5
Income security	34	539.8	559.6	573.2	591.6
Disability	35	73.8	78.0	80.3	83.6
Retirement/5/	36	297.5	308.4	321.9	333.0
Welfare and social services	37	127.7	127.2	125.0	127.1
Unemployment	38	21.6	22.4	20.3	20.0
Other	39	19.2	23.5	25.7	27.9
Federal	40	1,575.7	1,635.9	1,676.0	1,703.8
General public service	41	302.4	310.4	312.6	314.0
Executive and legislative	42	27.6	30.9	29.8	30.2
Tax collection and financial management	43	7.4	5.9	6.4	5.4
Net interest paid	44	267.5	273.6	276.3	278.4
Other/6/	45	0	0	0	0
National defense	46	299.8	304.8	307.0	302.7
Public order and safety	47	14.3	15.8	17.9	19.3
Police	48	6.5	7.7	9.5	10.7
Fire	49	.1	.1	.1	.1
Law courts	50	5.1	5.4	5.6	6.1
Prisons	51	2.6	2.5	2.7	2.4
Economic affairs	52	74.1	76.9	75.6	80.9
General economic and labor affairs	53	11.1	11.4	12.0	12.0
Agriculture	54	15.7	16.0	15.8	22.3
Energy	55	7.2	6.3	4.3	2.3
Natural resources	56	10.9	11.1	10.3	12.6
Transportation	57	14.7	15.0	15.5	15.3
Highways	58	.4	.4	.4	.4
Air	59	6.2	6.5	6.9	7.1
Water	60	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.7
Transit and railroad	61	1.8	1.6	1.8	1.2
Postal service	62	1.8	4.1	4.1	3.4
Space	63	12.6	13.1	13.5	13.0
Other	64	0	0	0	0
Housing and community services	65	29.5	30.0	30.5	29.9
Health	66	319.4	340.2	357.3	364.8
Recreation and culture	67	2.5	2.5	2.9	2.8
Education	68	32.2	34.1	36.3	37.5
Elementary and secondary	69	11.8	13.1	12.8	13.7
Higher	70	12.1	11.8	14.0	13.7
Other	71	8.4	9.2	9.5	10.2
Income security	72	501.5	521.2	535.9	551.9
Disability	73	62.1	66.0	68.4	71.9
Retirement/5/	74	297.5	308.4	321.9	333.0
Welfare and social services	75	95.5	95.2	94.1	93.6
Unemployment	76	25.0	25.7	23.4	23.3
Other	77	21.4	25.9	28.1	30.1
State and local	78	902.5	939.0	981.5	1,028.7
General public service	79	83.6	86.0	90.2	93.5
Executive and legislative	80	12.4	13.1	13.9	14.7
Tax collection and financial management	81	26.5	26.9	29.5	31.2
Net interest paid/2/	82	.2	.6	–.9	–2.3
Other/7/	83	44.4	45.5	47.8	49.9
Public order and safety	84	118.9	127.3	136.3	145.6
Police	85	44.5	48.2	52.0	56.0
Fire	86	17.3	18.0	19.0	20.1
Law courts	87	20.6	21.8	23.7	25.9
Prisons	88	36.5	39.3	41.6	43.7
Economic affairs	89	72.1	74.0	77.4	81.7
General economic and labor affairs	90	12.0	12.1	12.6	13.2
Agriculture	91	4.1	4.2	4.5	4.9
Energy	92	–6.6	–7.1	–7.4	–7.7
Natural resources	93	8.3	8.5	8.6	9.0
Transportation	94	66.1	69.0	72.9	77.0
Highways	95	54.6	57.2	60.6	64.1
Air	96	–1.7	–1.8	–2.0	–2.1
Water	97	–.1	–.2	–.2	–.3
Transit and railroad	98	13.3	13.8	14.5	15.1
Other/4/	99	–11.8	–12.7	–13.9	–14.6
Housing and community services	100	3.7	2.8	5.4	6.6
Water	101	–3.6	–4.0	–4.2	–4.4
Sewerage	102	–.7	–1.0	–1.2	–1.3
Sanitation	103	5.3	5.5	5.9	6.4
Other	104	2.7	2.3	4.9	6.0
Health	105	179.6	188.4	193.0	197.9
Recreation and culture	106	12.2	12.7	13.3	14.2
Education	107	341.6	358.1	375.8	396.1
Elementary and secondary	108	261.2	275.4	290.4	306.2
Higher	109	58.1	59.4	61.5	64.6
Libraries	110	4.7	5.1	5.5	5.9
Other	111	17.6	18.2	18.4	19.4
Income security	112	90.8	89.6	90.0	93.1
Disability	113	13.0	13.3	13.3	13.1
Welfare and social services	114	77.8	76.3	76.8	79.9
Other	115	0	0	0	0

1. Equals Federal Government current expenditures less grants-in-aid to State and local governments plus State and local government current expenditures.

2. Includes dividends received by government shown separately in tables 3.1 and 3.3 for total government and for State and local government.

3. Equals unallocable State and local government expenditures, less "wage accruals less disbursements" shown in table 3.1; includes Federal revenue sharing grants to State and local governments beginning with 1972 and ending with 1987.

4. Consists of State and local government publicly owned liquor store systems, government-administered lotteries and parimutuels, and other commercial activities.

5. Consists of social insurance funds including old age and survivors insurance (social security) and railroad retirement. Excludes government employee retirement plans.

6. Consists primarily of Federal revenue sharing grants to State and local governments beginning with 1972 and ending with 1987, less "wage accruals less disbusements" shown in table 3.2.

7. Equals unallocable State and local government expenditures less "wage accruals less disbursements" shown in table 3.3.