The federal government has amped up its proposed spending on education at the expense of the military, it seems. That’s according to the annual ‘Death and Taxes‘ interactive infographic that details federal spending.
Other losers include NASA, the Justice Department, the Department of Health and Homeland Security. Even while reduced, however, the Department of Defense’s budget dominates the picture.
See that big slice on the bottom? That’s just a tiny part of our overwhelming national debt. Yikes. You can zoom and pan below (make sure to see it at full screen). Or you can buy the poster through Amazon.
FYI: The answer to the title of this post? 6% more than last year. That’s 77.39 billion dollars.
