What was the dollar size of the US total spending for 2018? (ii) What were its major components? (iii) Which component was largest?

(a)What was the dollar size of the US total spending for 2018? (ii) What were its major components? (iii) Which component was largest?

(b) What was the average growth rate of federal spending as a share of US GDP during the 1960-2018 years?

(c) In dollar terms for 2014, how big was, and how fast increased, the state and local government spending in during the years 1960-2015?

(d) What was the largest component of state and local government spending?