
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%
An interactive observation tower, surveying one man's attempt at making sense of it all.
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