If the authority makes less by giving the Devils more, the state may have to increase outlays to the agency.

Some want to increase military outlays or, like Representative Bud Shuster of Pennsylvania, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, they want to spend billions on new highway and bridge projects.

Many praised his plan to increase outlays for non-military research and development 7 percent over last year, but most said his competitiveness proposals were just baby steps.

After a decade of slashing armaments spending by nearly 70 percent and downsizing the military contracting industry, Washington now seems inclined to increase outlays for weapons.

Mr. Gandhi, speaking four weeks after 200,000 Indian and Pakistani troops confronted each other across their common border, increased military outlays by 43 percent, to $10 billion, for the year beginning April 1.

Some would increase outlays while others reduce revenue, but all would widen the deficit.

Thereafter, Congress and the President could increase outlays - but only at the expense of non-military programs.

The latest Commerce Department survey of capital spending plans shows that service companies, which barely cut back on spending on computers and the like during the recession, plan to increase outlays.

Production rises, and companies decide again to expand, increasing outlays for new equipment and buildings.

Here's why: When the Government spends money to liquidate failed thrift institutions and pay off the depositors, that increases outlays.