Obama’s 2013 Budget
6:30 Feb 15th, 2012 | 0 notes
The New York Times has made a useful (and very pretty to play with) visualization of Obama’s new budget. Ignoring the fact that it will never pass congress (none of his have so far), it is none the less an important gauge of the President’s priorities for the coming year. So what appear to be his priorities?
- Federal Highway Administration receives a 103% boost in funding
- ‘Housing Programs’ at HUD receive a 62.9% increase
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau receives a 31.8% larger budget (they had a budget?)
More statistics can be viewed at the New York Times, and if you’re up to reading the entire 256 pages document, you can read it at the Office of Management and Budget’s website.
Fun fact: Obama’s budget paper is 256 pages long and spends $3.7 trillion dollars. The Australian Federal Budget is 1102 pages long and only spends $414 billion. Happy reading!
I feel like any sort of federal welfare payment, like the Family Tax Benefit (A and B), should come with the disclaimer,
‘You may only be eligible if you:
- Have two photogenic young children, or
- Live in a swing electorate in Western Sydney, or
- Live in Queensland.’
Because my single parent family on a teacher’s salary isn’t eligible for anything, while this charming family (in Western Sydney) earning a combined $142,000 a year is complaining that their hand-outs aren’t being inflation-linked for the next 4 years.
BOO HOO YOU GUYS.
Gosh.
