Well, over the previous 11 years, from 1987 to 1998, discretionary domestic spending jumped 75 percent.

Federal revenue, he says, has grown by $375 billion since 1981 while spending has jumped $450 billion.

And the Commerce Department said that personal spending jumped 0.7 percent in October, almost twice what was expected.

Orders for products made to last three years or more rose 1.6 percent in November, while personal spending jumped 0.2 percent and incomes increased 0.3 percent.

From 1998 to 2003, their spending jumped 26 percent, twice the rate for all local government on the island.

Discretionary spending has jumped 27 percent in the last two years; budget hawks complain Congressional pork is up more than 40 percent.

The agency released numbers today showing that spending by families of corporate and government employees jumped 3.8 percent last month, the first rise in seven months.

Video games, whose spending jumped 19.9 percent from 1995 to 2000, will increase 10.3 percent through 2005.

Since 1985, the spending has jumped a stunning 83 percent.

Federal spending on bilingual education jumped from $7.5 million in 1968 to $150 million by 1979.