The Federal Pie Chart

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

http://www.warresisters.org/sites/default/...1piechartBW.pdf

The government practice of combining Trust and Federal funds began during the Vietnam War, thus making the human needs portion of the budget seem

larger and the military portion smaller.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

Very surprising this got a collective ho hum.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

[alienlovechild 75]

80% of the interest on the national debt is because of the military and Homeland Security, half of NASA and the FBI are military programs.

The chart is a piece of #######.

[Dan J 277]

80% of the interest on the national debt is because of the military and Homeland Security, half of NASA and the FBI are military programs.

The chart is a piece of #######.

At least the recent debt we have incurred interest on has to do with military spending in Iraq and Afghanistan, in addition to the Bush Tax cuts. As far as the money used in the economic recovery that has just been borrowed and has yet only incurred a small amount of interest. It will in time grow to be a larger piece of the pie.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

At least the recent debt we have incurred interest on has to do with military spending in Iraq and Afghanistan, in addition to the Bush Tax cuts. As far as the money used in the economic recovery that has just been borrowed and has yet only incurred a small amount of interest. It will in time grow to be a larger piece of the pie.

yeah, you'll be wondering ####### happened to those tax cuts when they expire here (though I highly doubt they'll let them expire).

[Dan J 277]

yeah, you'll be wondering ####### happened to those tax cuts when they expire here (though I highly doubt they'll let them expire).

We will still be paying for them, as we increased the deficit to put them in place.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

80% of the interest on the national debt is because of the military and Homeland Security, half of NASA and the FBI are military programs.

The chart is a piece of #######.

Yep. The same groups break out the BS chart every year about this time.

[alienlovechild 75]

At least the recent debt we have incurred interest on has to do with military spending in Iraq and Afghanistan, in addition to the Bush Tax cuts. As far as the money used in the economic recovery that has just been borrowed and has yet only incurred a small amount of interest. It will in time grow to be a larger piece of the pie.

Tax cuts are revenue not budget items.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

We will still be paying for them, as we increased the deficit to put them in place.

you're joking right?

Tax revenues still increased even with the tax cuts because of a growing economy.

When the economy tanked, tax revenues went down.

Spending by the government went up and continues to go up.

The problem isn't taxation. The problem is the spending!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Tax cuts are reduced revenue not budget spending items.

Let's get the terminology to match your thought.

[Dan J 277]

Tax cuts are revenue not budget items.

Of course it isn't, but since spending cuts didn't match the revenue cuts, it increased the amount we had to borrow to balance the budget.

you're joking right?

Tax revenues still increased even with the tax cuts because of a growing economy.

When the economy tanked, tax revenues went down.

Spending by the government went up and continues to go up.

The problem isn't taxation. The problem is the spending!

The reason we had to borrow money was because tax revenues were cut. So in a sense, we borrowed to pay for the tax cuts.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Of course it isn't, but since spending cuts didn't match the revenue cuts, it increased the amount we had to borrow to balance the budget.

I don't think Congress has ever "cut" spending.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

The reason we had to borrow money was because tax revenues were cut. So in a sense, we borrowed to pay for the tax cuts.

Revenues increased until the economy went down. What's so hard to understand about that?

We only have to borrow money because our government can't control its appetite for spending.

[Dan J 277]

Revenues increased until the economy went down. What's so hard to understand about that?

We only have to borrow money because our government can't control its appetite for spending.

Revenues went down when the tax cuts were first implemented. Do you tell your boss that to increase your company's profitability, you need to reduce your sales?