Full view is absolutely necessary!
Finally! Death and Taxes: 2007 is released! 
What started on DeviantART 2 years ago has turned into a monolith of data. I hope you can put it to good use.
This is the federal discretionary budget. Your federal income taxes at work. You paid for part of everything in this graph whether you like it or not.
Tips on reading this graph
The file is 2 megs so it might be slow loading. Another viewer is here [link] Read the center circle first. The graph is split into military funding on the right side and non-military funding on the left side, unless otherwise noted The departments on the left side are in loose clockwise alphabetical order, e.g. Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy...etc. Don't forget about the national debt! Its the circle so big it doesn't even fit in the box....
and don't forget to check out the website... www.TheBudgetGraph.com
also, for those who are interested in Social security, Medicare, Unemployment, and all that other spending...
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This art has been officially debunked by the above link.
a shame to see how the numbers has changed from 2003 to 2007; 632 billion dollar???
good job!
My opinion on the military then, brace yourselves here comes opinions; A strong military is needed for a superpower like the US but it has grown vastly out of proportion to need. The problem with such a monstrous military funding is that what we have here is what dear old Eisenhower called a military industrial complex, which means that you cannot lower military spending because that would mean that people lose jobs, and the economy would suffer because of it as well as making people unhappy so that politicians lose votes. So we have a nation dependent on their military to support their economy. Russia has already fallen into that sinkhole and so has the US.
Much of the military spending of the US are spent on mostly useless Hi-tech hardware. When most of the potential enemies of the US have weaponry that couldn't even hope to glance the armour of a US Apache/ M1A2 Abrams , etc why do the US need to invest in even more hi tech things? China is so economically involved in the US that a war is economically impossible. North Korea may have a large army but their tech is subpar. Still the US invests in useless hardware like Hi Tech submarines and jet fighters (like the F-22) even though current hardware is quite enough to do the job.
I would not be so biased that I would say that this caused the Iraq war, but there is a saying.
''If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.''
The US has a military addiction, which worries me because when America goes ill it affects all of us.
Well that's my 5 cent.
The US is definitely better than China, Russia and other totalitarian states but the US aims to be a democracy and a state to look up to unlike other oligarchys. It's difficult to improve if you aren't aware of your shortcomings. I criticise USA because I care for her, not because I hate her.
This was copy pasted from a post in last years version of this.
Ok.
Well, you don't know what an oligarchy is.
"criticize"
USA ALL THE WAY!~!!!
It's interesting but sadly.. it's just too damn big to take it all in at once!
I would like to respond, however, to those who look upon this and feel disgusted about the amount we put into our military.
I would argue the following points.
1. A great amount of money is spent the development/production of weaponry designed to cause as little collateral damage and civilian death as possible.
2. We develop ways to protect ourselves from enemies more then we do to destroy them. This also includes technology that keeps out soldiers out of harm, such as AUVs.
3. Many of the contracts offered by the government are to domestic companies. This means that a chunk of those tax dollars are being put back into the economy.
4. Our soldiers are being paid for their service. This is in the form of monetary compensation and benefits. These include, but not limited to; health care via Veteran’s Affairs and Education tuition.
Believe what you will about how our resources are allocated, but I often am reminded of “Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum” or "if you want peace prepare for war" - Vegetius
Liberals: Fuck 'em.
"The US has not, to our knowledge, used antipersonnel mines since the Gulf War in 1991. It has prohibited export of all antipersonnel mines since 1992. It has not produced antipersonnel mines since 1997. It has destroyed some 3.3 million stockpiled “dumb” antipersonnel mines. The US military does not maintain minefields anywhere in the world, having cleared its minefields in Cuba in 1999. And, of course, it is a world leader in providing funds for the mine clearance and survivor assistance. However, both the Clinton and Bush administrations have lacked the political will to join the Mine Ban Treaty. " -[link]
The use of landmines in war has its tactical advantages; of course they are also a liability, though technology has allowed the development of smarter mines that deactivate/self-destruct in order to prevent unaccounted-for ordinance. Of course, as with everything, there are flukes from time to time.
From what I've read, they have been instrumental in deterring North Korea from invading South Korea. It was one of Clinton's major reasoning behind not joining the treaty.
It can be argued whether or not the tactical advantage of mines is worth the risk, but at least we make an effort to use/develop weaponry that is less dangerous to civilians.
You totally need to be commended for the amount of work that you had to have put into this. It is an astounding visual!
absolutely fantastic work!
learn something new every day
Even an inset in one of the corners, showing how the budget spending relates to the globes of entitlement spending would be very cool.
good work with that.
Man. This is too amazing! I'm going to send an email to my political science teacher with a link to your site. I bet he'd be more than interested in this poster.
Again, this is amazing! Fantastic work!
Cya :respect:
(If I ever find some wooly elephants about the place, I'll call on your expertise!)