I'm looking for actual data about how much money the government spends. A lot has been made of the current budget proposal, but the Democratic response indicates it's not nearly as out of proportion as it is being portrayed. The data points that would be most interesting to me are:

1. How much did we spend in year X (1776-pres)

2. How much did we say we would spend

3. How much did we earn (that is, how much revenue did the gov't confiscate)

4. What was the surplus/deficit

Would not these four numbers look awesome on a timeline?

Good night.