The World Economy In A Nutshell

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States Ease Restrictions On Vice To Fill Budget Gaps

The Average American Family

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Sometimes It's Rational To Be Irrational

Where Your Tax Dollars Will Go

For context, here's the spending breakdown for some of the big-ticket items in 2009, based on the numbers in this CBO report:

Defense, 18%
Social Security, 18%
Medicare, 12%
Medicaid, 7%
Interest, 5%

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