[CivicAccess-discuss] US Budget on ManyEyes

[Jennifer Bell]

I know this came up when it was released in April, but I was just looking at the US budget, from data posted by the US OMB (good for them!) on ManyEyes again.  It's so interesting how the treemap visualization puts things in context.  

http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/visualizations/us-2009-budget-hierarchical-treemap

For instance: check out the whomping payments to 'stabilize tobacco farming', under Agriculture: Tobacco Trust.  Apparently, this costs the US government as much as Social Security.

That doesn't seem right...  

Jennifer Bell
http://visiblegovernment.ca


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