EVERY TWO YEARS, THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET Office publishes a fact-filled report entitled "Budget Options." This year's version is 343 pages, and flipping through it, you get a quick tour of the federal government's far-flung activities. The Army Corpsof Engineers spends about 800 million dollar annually to maintain and improve the inland waterways, the Office of National Drug Control Policy buys about 100 million dollar in anti-drug ads and the Department of Transportation provides about 100 million dollar in subsidies for "essential" air service to small communities.
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