Other losers include NASA (sadly), the Justice Department, the Department of Health and Homeland Security. Even while reduced, however, the Department of Defense’s budget dominates the picture.
The most interesting part, however, is the comparison of all this spending to things like the world’s video game market, Bill Gates’ net worth, the total cost to eradicate world hunger or China’s military budget — which is still a lot less than the United States.
Oh, and see that big slice on the bottom? That’s just a tiny part of our overwhelming national debt. Scary.
You can zoom and pan below (make sure to see it at full screen). Or you can buy the poster through Amazon. [Death and Taxes 2012]
Steve
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 4:00 PMWell it makes sense. The US military budget was bigger than the next 17 countries combined. Sounds to me like they can halve that, spend only as much as the next 8 combined and still be pretty safe.
As for education, they need it. Good luck getting rid of creationism in the south though.
Brett
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 8:38 PMAmerica spends a higher % of GDP than Australia does on education. Just goes to show you don’t need to be American to be ignorant Steve.
Their education system is screwed from both sides of politics – the teachers union and the religious.