Really Helpful Interactive Map of the Budget

[tekisui]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/01/us/budget.html

[Cha]

1. Thank you!

[FrenchieCat]

2. Interesting....as long as folks remember that the 2010 budget

had many vast increases over the last Bush 2009 budget,
and there is also the balance of offsets between the budgets
(both 2010 and 2011) and the Recovery act.

The point is, just because one sees decreases or increases in various areas, and are
unhappy or happy with them, I recommend that they look closer at the fine print,
instead of making any determination based on interactive information, that provides
numbers without context. So just like articles; don't just read the headlines!

[Cha]

3. I like that they're looking after our

military and their families.

<snip>

"The President will also keep his commitment to the troops and military families, as Mrs. Obama announced last week. In a 20-minute speech to the Joint Armed Forces Officers’ Wives’ Luncheon at Bolling Air Force Base, she announced a record $8.8 billion request for military family support programs, including $1.3 billion for military child care and youth programs, 439 million to build 10 new schools, $14 million in new funding for Coast Guard housing, and $84 million for a new spousal career development initiative.There are also increases for medical needs including $250 million for mental health research and $1.9 billion for counseling services."

http://obama-mamas.com/blog/?p=1162

It was criminal the way bushcheney gave huge tax cuts to their campaign donors and cheated the military and our Vets.