Anyone with a copy of Microsoft Excel can quickly work out that the average real rate of economic growth overwhelms every other issue, even if all you care about is federalgovernmentfinances.
To give some of the Districts youngsters a lifeline, congressional Republicans have proposed providing scholarships to send 2, 000 kids from low-income families to any school of their parents choice (the federalgovernmentfinances a goodly portion of the citys budget).
In particular, the Trust Fund finances ongoing Federalgovernment activities in responding to the BP oil spill, and then provides the legal authority for the government to seek full reimbursement from the responsible party for these activities.