Tag Archives: Federal Budget

Visualizing the National Debt

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Rob Waterson

BillShrink has an interesting and informative visualization of the National Debt (i.e. Obama’s credit card in our names).  Click on the image to see it in a larger format over at BillShrink:

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Political Skepticism

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Rob Waterson

I found a short post over at Skepticblog in which Michael Shermer simply attempts to demonstrate that the number 3.8 trillion is an almost inconceivably large number.  You have probably already recognized that particular number as the size, in dollars, … Continue reading →

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Obama’s phony budget freeze

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Rob Waterson

Matthias Shapiro, the guy behind Political Math, has produced another short but illuminating video in which he discusses President Obama’s announced budget freeze.  Like his other visualizations, which include the Obama Budget Cuts Visualization and The National Debt Road Trip, this one cuts through … Continue reading →

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We Need a New Congressional Agency

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Rob Waterson

I never thought that I would utter these words, but we need a new congressional agency.  This new agency, the Congressional Constitution Office, or CCO, would be modeled after the independent Congressional Budget Office. The Congressional Budget Office has been … Continue reading →

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