This works out to $23 billion, divided equally between military and nonmilitary spending.

But most of the research finds little correlation between spending and quality.

First, it drew attention to the need for a balance between public and private spending.

Another 37 percent said the balance between taxes and spending was about right.

"But there is a lag between spending and production, so you don't see it in the numbers right away."

They also warned that gaps between revenues and spending could continue for years.

The chasm between spending and revenue would grow ever wider, by $750 million to $1.25 billion a year.

Based on current proposals for the 1991 budget, the gap between spending and revenues could be just as large.

In the effort to keep the gap between spending and revenue to $100 billion, new taxes were introduced.

By then, lawmakers must close a $5.3 billion gap between projected revenue and spending.