How do governments spend the tax dollars they collect, and has this changed over the past decade? The following table displays state and local government expenditures for public works in years 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2008 (latest year available) in millions of dollars. Use a graphical technique to present these figures. Have the ways state and local governments spend money changed over the decade?

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1995 2000 2005 2008 Highways Air 77,109 101,336 124,602 153,515 Port facilities Sewerage Waste transportation 8,397 13,160 17,962 21,264 2,3093,141 3,896 4,940 23,583 28,052 36,599 46,679 management 14,990 17,208 21469 23,757 Water supply 28,041 35,789 45,799 55,215 Mass transit 25,719 31,883 44,310 50,944