Why It’s Time to Fight the Chamber of Commerce
According to this infographic, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce spends hundreds of millions of dollars to sway opinion on climate…
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Who Are the Political .01%
The richest 1% control about one-third of America’s net worth. But just 0.01% contribute 25% of the money to all…
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Death & Taxes
This chart depicts the President’s budget request for 2012. The center circle is the discretionary budget: spending that must be…
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2010 Federal Discretionary Budget Plan
Every year, congress must approve a discretionary budget that will be mostly paid by our federal income taxes. The budget…
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How Corporations Get Out of Paying Taxes
In the1950’s corporate taxes accounted for 30% of federal revenue and today they account for 6.6%, so what has happened?…
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A Visual Guide to the Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve. That’s where our federal government…um…keeps its reserves, right? The Federal Reserve is extraordinarily complex once you start…
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Composition of Federal Spending
As “payments to individuals” becomes a greater and greater share of the federal budget…… Link
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The Changing of the National Guard
Since 9/11, the U.S. National Guard has absorbed the duties and stresses of a federal fighting force in addition to…
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The U.S. Federal Budget
The United States is facing significant and fundamental budgetary challenges. The federal government’s budget deficit for fiscal year 2011 was…
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Making Spending Personal
For years, the government has been spending far more than it can afford. This has left the country with a…
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