Tuesday, December 13, 2011

The Federal Budget Explained, in one Graphic.



Here is the embiggened version: http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/125xx/doc12577/budgetinfographic.htm. It is from the Congressional Budget Office, and it does a fine job of explaining what costs what.

The only quibble I have is that it could clearly show that Social Security is not paid for with general funds, but rather its own trust fund that is solvent all by itself and has nothing to do with the deficit. Not a small quibble, either.

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