Federal Budget Analysis
Competing Visions: Election Edition
Oct. 29, 2014
NPP revisits its Competing Visions analysis that shows how lawmakers would break down the federal budget.
Voter’s Guides 2014
Sept. 4, 2014
Our Voter’s Guides give you the low-down on our federal government’s role in vital systems we all care about, including education, health care, and the military, as well as how we can pay for it all through taxes and the role of deficits and the national debt, and key questions to ask candidates.
Factsheets on NPP's Eight Issue Areas
June 17, 2014
The National Priorities Project takes on analysis of eight key issue areas as they relate to the federal budget - from spending on health care and social insurance programs to the military budget.
Move The Money 2014
May 20, 2014
National Priorities Project, Peace Action, along with a terrific group of colleagues, have assembled all the materials you need to enter the current national debate about Pentagon spending within the federal budget, while building the capacity of colleagues and allies to join you!
The Big Money in Tax Breaks Continues
April 18, 2014
National Priorities Project examines trillions of dollars in tax breaks, who benefits, and why it matters for you. Materials include an interactive visualization, a report, and data on every tax break from 1974 to the present.
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Fiscal Year 2015 Pentagon Budget Analysis
April 7, 2014
National Priorities Project examines the new budget proposal for the Department of Defense.
Competing Visions: President Obama, Rep. Paul Ryan, and House Progressives Release Budget Proposals for 2015
April 1, 2014
National Priorities Project examines how new budget proposals stack up against what Americans want.
Tax Day 2014
March 25, 2014
April 15 is Tax Day. Do you know where your taxes went? See how the federal government spent each one of your federal income tax dollars, get the key facts in Taxes 101, and get your personalized tax receipt or the average tax receipt for taxpayers in your state.
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Federal Spending in Your State, 2013-2015
March 24, 2014
Funding by state for select federal programs including Head Start, Special Education, and Medicaid.
President's 2015 Budget in Pictures
March 19, 2014
President Obama recently released his 2015 budget proposal. And budgets are about priorities: What we’re going to spend money on, and how we’re going to raise the money that we’re spending. These pictures tell the story of the priorities in the president’s budget.
Also Includes:
- All Revenue and Spending: Where the Money Comes From and Where the Money Goes
- Annual Budget Deficit or Surplus as a Share of the Economy
- Total Tax Revenue
- Individual and Corporate Income Taxes as Percent of Total Federal Revenue
- Federal Spending and Revenue as a Share of GDP
- MIlitary and Non-Military Discretionary Spending
- Total Spending
- Mandatory Spending
- Mandatory and Discretionary Spending and Interest on Federal Debt
- Discretionary Spending