National Values by the Numbers
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The Coffee Party USA
Jo Comerford
02/19/2011
National Priorities Project offers four detailed analyses of President Obama's $3.7 trillion budget for Fiscal Year 2012 focused on: expenditures, revenue and deficits, the impact of federal spending on the states and a detailed FY2012 budget overview with a selection of actual and projected revenue and spending charts.
Findings include:
* Deficits are more about revenues than spending
* The recession is a major contributor to the near-term growth
of mandatory spending
* More jobs, more growth projected
* Domestic programs capped and cut
* Defense spending experiences slowed growth
* The economy demands the continued evolution of healthcare policy
* Changes to federal aid-to-states (data for 33 programs available
and downloadable)
FY2012 Spending in Historical Perspective
What's inside?
* Bar Chart - compares actual FY2008 (last year before the recession) to estimated FY2011 and proposed FY2012
* Federal Budget Pie Chart - shows percentages of spending for Mandatory, Discretionary and interest owed on the national debt
FY2012 Revenues and Deficits in Historical Perspective
What's inside?
* Bar Chart - breaks out FY2000 to FY2012 federal revenue and borrowing
* Pie Chart - details projected FY2012 revenues by source
* Note: these features contain embedded information that is accessed by scrolling over each bar or pie slice.
Federal Spending at the State Level
What's inside?
* Fully Downloadable Table - presents state-level funding for thirty-three federal programs, including Medicaid, SNAP, CHIP, LIHEAP and public housing
* View by state or program
* Compares FY2010 actual spending with FY2011 estimated spending and FY2012 proposed spending
* Click on the program to find out more about what it funds
The President's Budget Unveiled
What's inside?
* Analyses - a complete overview of President Obama's proposed budget highlighting salient points and offering key questions to consider
* Revenue and Spending Charts - a selection of actual and projected revenue and spending information in easy-to-understand chart formats
