Here are some interactive tools to let you explore the President’s recent budget proposal, where that money comes from, and where it goes. First, from the Washington Post, a look at 30 years of budgets: Revenue is on the left, expenses on the right; click on any box to see the percentage change since 1981; bars are colored by the president’s party.
Next, a more detailed treemap from the NYT, but only covering the 2012 values and change from 2010.
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3 Responses to US Budget 1981-2012
Cranston
February 18th, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Here’s another one, from the WSJ:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703584804576144391529888296.html
Russian Sphinx
February 20th, 2011 at 8:53 am
I was thinking about budget, I have some data for Russia but I am a bit lazy and don’t have a good idea 🙁
Dustin
February 25th, 2011 at 1:47 pm
and another excellent budget graphic from the WP:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/budget-2010/