I'm not sure where you're trying to go with this, FF. About the only thing you can determine conclusively (after crunching numbers) is if the relationship is increasing or decreasing over time. Without even crunching the numbers, I would bet they the budget is increasing as a percentage of GSP. Comparison of State percentages relative to Federal percentages aren't meaningful, as the nature of the expenses are much different (e.g. States have no national defense expenditures) and GSP is derived differently than GDP with respect to inclusion/exclusion of government employees.
I'm an old number cruncher from way back.... but what are you trying to demonstrate?
That is exactly what I want. Go look at that thread on the national budget. That is exactly what they did. Even though the raw numbers for the national budget are larger, their percentage of GDP is smaller than in the past.
This is what I want to know about the state budget. What is the states budget in relation to GSP and is that getting bigger or smaller? All we ever hear about are the raw numbers and if I'm reading the national stuff right, that is not neccessarily what is important.