The line graph illustrates information about American government spending on five segments from 1980 to 2008. Overall, other sectors underwent upward trends except Other part and they had fluctuations.
According to the graph, Health received the most budget from the government while others had no significant difference in expenditure. In 1980, the spending on Health was about 8 billions and in the next period, it dropped slightly 2 billions. Then, in 2004, it reached a peak with about 23 billions and it witnessed a sharp fall to 17 billions at the end of timescale. At the beginning of the year, the expenditure of Space was 6 billions and then in the next period it decreased slightly to 5 billions but it continued a growth until 2008.
The General Science was the least significant part of the expenditure. At the beginning of the period, it was underneath 5 billions. Then, it experienced a slight climb 1 billions in 1988 and it decreased slightly to about 3 billions and it increased to 5 billions in the final timescale. The spending on Energy in 1980 was 5 billions and it stayed stable until 1992. In 1996, it reached a top and it had a slight fall at the end of the period. In 1980, The expenditure of Other was about 7 billions and it went down slightly to 5 billions in 1984. Then, it climbed to 8 billions in 2000 but it witnessed a slight growth at the end of the timescale.
