Our government collected fewer taxes in FY2009 than it did in FY2000 – this can be said without adjusting for inflation. In 2000, the government took in 1.54 trillion dollars in on-budget taxes, but only took in 1.53 trillion in 2009. This is despite spending twice as much money in 2009 than in 2000. Tax . . . → Read More: How the 2009 Federal Budget Could Have Been Balanced.
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As I predicted last friday, the house has passed the “let’s flush $600 million down the toilet in the name of border security” bill. I won’t rehash why the money is being wasted. From Reuters: The U.S. Congress on Thursday passed legislation to strengthen security along the border with Mexico, trying to tackle the politically . . . → Read More: Border Secuirty and Jobs Bills Pass Short post today. I just wanted to share with you some new sites I’ve found about the federal budget. I wish I would’ve found these sites sooner. It would’ve made things a lot easier for me in the beginning. These links don’t necessarily contain budget information as much as they contain organized links to budget . . . → Read More: More Websites about the U.S. Budget |
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