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OITC-RichA graphic of the way taxes are spent
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paul fauth#
I followed the link to Jesse Bachman graph (the very large one) and started reading the text. She noted that her graph shows only what congress has “control” over as far as spending and since congress has no control over programs such as social s. an-
Death and Taxes: A visual look at where your tax dollars go by Jesse Bachman It’s a nice looking visualization, but what it leaves out the perspective of the greater system and that’s what makes it really dangerous. It explicitly ignores the mandatory budget which in the past few years has been around 400 billion more than the discretionary budget visualized. The amount that we spend on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid has been larger than the entire discretionary budget for at least the past two years and I’m sure for a good time before that. Also beyond it’s scope in the state and local budgets which wouldn’t be necessary if it weren’t for the overlaps in purpose such as transportation and education. Factoring in state and local expenditures, we spend almost twice as much on education as we do on the military. Visualizations are great for simplifying data and giving a perspective, but the perspective will always have a bias in it whether fair or not. This chart looks like it wants to present a sharp contrast between military spending and other spending without bothering to put it in a more complete view. Rather irresponsible when it calls for political action right in the middle of the graphic.
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Steve WillerIf we ever make our own traffic graphs, his bubble graph could be useful.
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Adam CutlerWe all deal with data and we do our best to crunch it and munch it and scrunch it and beat it to death to find some actionable insights. Then we go up against a “committee” or to a decision maker and present our insights only to cause a lot less actio
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