That amazing poster that depicts over 400 federal programs, departments and agencies is back!
Death and Taxes: 2009
or
http://www.wallstats.com/
Its bigger! Over 500 line items make this the most jam packed, data rich, oddly beautiful budget document in history. Not that it has much competition. But where else will you find the entire federal government splayed out for your carnivorous eyes in only 6 square feet of high quality paper.
TheBudgetGraph.com, thats where! No WAIT, TheBudgetGraph.com has recently morphed into a much larger project, WallStats.com
WallStats.com is the new how to the Death and Taxes poster as well as other infogoodness currently in development, so keep an eye out.
But seriously, you just paid your taxes, or at lease you should have. You know how much you gave to the government. It's time to getting informed on how the government spends YOUR money.
Did you know that there is no new money for cancer research?
...Public broadcasting is cut by 55%?
...Funding for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is up 83%?
...While Solar, Hydrogen and Conservation are all down up to 30%?
...The Bureau of the Census is flush cash?
...Safe and Drug Free Schools will soon be a lot less safe or drug free?
...The FBI spends more on counterintelligence than intelligence?
...The War on Terror costs us $756 per tax payer?
...The Army's budget for 56mm caliber bullets is more than the National Endowment for the Art''s budget for ... everything!?
...There is something strange going on in Idaho?
and our congressmen have raised their salaries again! (actually you probably expected that)
Well if you did not know all of those info nuggets then you need to check out the poster, its swarming with value rich information for responsible taxpayers, citizens, and people who like to consider themselves 'in-the-know'.
Just keep in mind this is your money. The average taxpayer paid $63 to send kids to college, $4 for climate change research, $.05 for an ethical government, $36 to protect us from rogue missiles, and over $3,000 to protect us from everything else. And if you are more than the average tax payer, you pay more, your more invested in the government.
So how is your investment?
the 2009 Death and Taxes poster will show you the light.
http://www.wallstats.com/
Check it out!
