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TABLE: DUELING AXES

Where the GOP would strike

1995 ESTIMATED SPENDING IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

FOOD STAMPS

$27

SCHOOLS

$25

FOREIGN AID

$20

WELFARE

$18

SCHOOL LUNCHES

$6

Where the Democrats would chop

1995 ESTIMATED SPENDING IN BILLIONS OF DOLLARS

DEFENSE

$272

VETS' BENEFITS

$38

TRANSPORTATION

$37

NASA

$14

FARM SUBSIDIES

$13