The Office of Management and Budget annually provides a report on spending. The two charts below display the most up to date data as of the time of publishing. To view the source data, please refer to Table 1.3 of the budget. The first chart is inflation adjusted, displaying all dollar amounts in constant fiscal […Full Article]
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is the official export credit agency of the United States. A short history of presidential support for the Bank follows: President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) established the Export-Import Bank of Washington through Executive Order 6581 on February 2, 1934. President Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) on February 12, 1959 […Full Article]
Where does a Congress member or Senator go when they leave the Hill; be it a calculated exit or otherwise? It’s true they have opulent post-employment compensation plans but even with a sturdy safety net many aren’t necessarily ready to trade in their careers or ambitions for leisurely weekday afternoons on the golf course, senior’s […Full Article]
The Office of Management and Budget annually provides a report on U.S. federal government spending and revenue. The first set of numbers uses Table 1.3 of the budget. The numbers are inflation adjusted, displaying all dollar amounts in constant fiscal year 2005 dollars, as provided by the Office of Management and Budget. Therefore, dollar amounts […Full Article]
As everyone is well aware by now, Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi was overthrown last week in what some are calling a military coup and there are legitimate concerns about the possibility of a civil war erupting. Whether it does or not, it’s obvious at this point that Egypt will remain in some state of […Full Article]
Brody Mullins and T.W. Farnam in The Wall Street Journal in July 2009 wrote the following: Spending on overseas increased almost tenfold since 1995 2008 overseas travel cost $13 million “The Air Force maintains a fleet of 16 passenger planes for use by lawmakers.” To read the entire article, click on Congress’s Travel Tab Swells. […Full Article]
truthful politics has several articles on government spending. To view U.S. federal government spending by president and political party, click on U.S. Federal Government Size, as Measured by Spending, by President/Political Party. For U.S. government spending, including state and local government spending, click on Government Spending to see a list of all articles pertaining to […Full Article]
Below is information from many different sources on how the U.S. federal government spends money. Several bar and pie charts are also included. All the charts expand to make the data easier to view. Click on a chart to expand it, and click on the expanded chart to shrink it back to its original size. […Full Article]
truthful politics reviewed U.S. government employment statistics provided by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Bureau of Labor Statistics provides the official numbers on jobs for the U.S. The chart shows the number of employees in thousands. Federal employment is indicated on the left vertical axis (i.e., in January of 2012, federal employees, […Full Article]
This article contains several charts and videos concerning the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. All the charts expand to make the data easier to view. Click on a chart to expand it, and click on the expanded chart to shrink it back to its original size. The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and […Full Article]