CIRCLE GRAPHS II


Federal Government Receipts, By Source

Source: Office of Management and Budget,
Budget of the United States Government, FY 2002
A. Rank the sources in descending order (1=largest; 5=smallest)
1940            2000
1.        1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.

B. More than half of federal government receipts in 1940 came from two sources: (b1) and (b2) . In 2000,
half of the receipts came from just one source: (b3) . The greatest change from 1940 to 2000 was in receipts from (b4) which (b5) by (b6) percentage points. The second largest change was in receipts from (b7) which (b8) by (b9) percentage points. The smallest change was in receipts from (b10) which only (b11) by (b12) points. In comparing the two years, the federal tax burden was more equally distributed among the various sources in (b13) .

C. Given the information in the graphs, would a federal tax cut to individuals in 2002 greatly affect the amount of money the federal government receives?
yes
no
can’t tell


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