How the government spends your money

[jeffrey]

Wonder where yout tax dollars go - here is an image that shows you:

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5927/wallstatsdatlarge.jpg

[melcar.group]

awesome image...how did you come across that

[tripods68]

i agree.

[scoutdjackson]

There's also a cool one by the Washington Post that shows just the stimulus plan spending. Apparently I can't post links yet, but if you google for the following you can find it:
Taking Apart the $819 billion Stimulus Package

Pretty mind boggling.

[GrimJack]

I did that search, then dug deeper, then got sucked into the whole 'visual representation of data' thing where gadgets go wild - two hours of my life, the curse of Adult ADD.

[swanson719]

That would be a good poster for a gov/econ HS class.

[kork13]

gadgets go wild - two hours of my life

^^ GrimJack, you just blew my mind with that thing .... amazing....

[creditcardfree]

Thanks for sharing. Very interesting.