discretionary circles

May 18, 2005 1:55 PM

Does anyone remember the site that shows an infographic of US discretionary spending, departments represented as circles, the size of which are proportional to the percentage of the budget that department receives?
posted by Mean Mr. Bucket to Law & Government (8 answers total)

I don't recall the site, but I downloaded the jpeg. It's big, email me if you want it.
posted by orthogonality at 2:00 PM on May 18, 2005

It's called "Death and Taxes: A visual look at where your tax dollars go.
A bit outdated, but an amazing effort; I think Tufte would be proud.
posted by Heatwole at 3:31 PM on May 18, 2005

Best answer: It's on deviantart.com.
posted by jmcmurry at 3:39 PM on May 18, 2005

jmcmurry gets the [v}
posted by Heatwole at 3:46 PM on May 18, 2005

Thanks for this- my friend has wanted to print a large picture of this for the economics class he teaches. Now he can do so and give the author some money as well.
posted by Four Flavors at 4:53 PM on May 18, 2005

Related question:

Is there a website where you enter your income for that year (or the tax you paid), and it tells you how much of money YOU paid to each department?

A a guy I know once said that the government had spent over $1000 of his income on invading Iraq that year (something he disagreed with). I suspect he had done the maths himself, but if there isn't already a website that tells you how much you personally bankrolled each department, there really reall should be :-)
posted by -harlequin- at 4:56 PM on May 18, 2005

Response by poster: Thanks, you guys are the best.
posted by Mean Mr. Bucket at 7:26 PM on May 18, 2005

muchas gracias, señor bucket

understandingusa es bueno también
posted by foraneagle2 at 1:34 PM on May 19, 2005