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2/22: We're very excited to announce a data visualization challenge with Google and Eyebeam!

This is your federal budget. We think it's hard to relate to "billions" and "trillions", so we break it down by how much you pay in taxes.

Year
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985

Spending Type
All Spending Mandatory Discretionary Net Interest

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% Increase % Decrease $ Increase $ Decrease Largest Amount Smallest Amount Name A-Z Name Z-A

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By Function | By Organization	My Cost	Total	Change
Total Federal Budget	-	$3600.6B	-11.7%
+ Social Security	-	$723.5B	4.9%
Social security	-	$723.5B	4.9%
+ National Defense	-	$722.1B	3.5%
Department of Defense-Military	-	$696.9B	4.4%
Atomic energy defense activities	-	$17.8B	-22.7%
Defense-related activities	-	$7.4B	2.4%
+ Income Security	-	$664.6B	8.8%
Unemployment compensation	-	$193.9B	51.9%
Other income security	-	$180.5B	13.6%
Federal employee retirement and disability	-	$122.7B	2.7%
Food and nutrition assistance	-	$95.2B	13.9%
Housing assistance	-	$64.1B	-39.8%
General retirement and disability insurance (excluding social security)	-	$8.2B	-43.6%
+ Medicare	-	$462.1B	5.7%
Medicare	-	$462.1B	5.7%
+ Health	-	$386.4B	3.4%
Health care services	-	$349.9B	7.0%
Health research and training	-	$32.1B	-24.4%
Consumer and occupational health and safety	-	$4.4B	10.2%
+ Net Interest	-	$187.8B	0.5%
Interest on Treasury debt securities (gross)	-	$425.1B	11.0%
Other investment and income	-	$-558M	-259.9%
Other interest	-	$-45.4B	203.4%
Interest received by on-budget trust funds	-	$-73B	14.8%
Interest received by off-budget trust funds	-	$-118.4B	0.4%
+ Veterans Benefits and Services	-	$125B	28.9%
Income security for veterans	-	$62.9B	40.6%
Hospital and medical care for veterans	-	$47.1B	7.8%
Veterans education, training, and rehabilitation	-	$8.5B	124.9%
Other veterans benefits and services	-	$6B	12.2%
Veterans housing	-	$558M	-200.4%
+ Transportation	-	$93.7B	-25.1%
Ground transportation	-	$61.5B	-32.7%
Air transportation	-	$21.6B	-7.4%
Water transportation	-	$10.1B	2.9%
Other transportation	-	$413M	2.7%
+ Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services	-	$91.9B	-45.1%
Elementary, secondary, and vocational education	-	$41.6B	-63.9%
Higher education	-	$18.5B	53.1%
Social services	-	$17.7B	-22.5%
Training and employment	-	$8.5B	-28.4%
Research and general education aids	-	$3.8B	-2.2%
Other labor services	-	$1.9B	6.3%
+ International Affairs	-	$67.4B	6.3%
International development and humanitarian assistance	-	$31.3B	24.0%
Conduct of foreign affairs	-	$16.2B	13.0%
International financial programs	-	$12.8B	14.2%
International security assistance	-	$5.5B	-50.4%
Foreign information and exchange activities	-	$1.6B	8.8%
+ Allowances	-	$60.5B	0.0%
Jobs bill	-	$50B	0.0%
Health reform	-	$5.5B	0.0%
Future Disaster Costs	-	$5B	0.0%
+ Administration of Justice	-	$53.5B	-5.6%
Federal law enforcement activities	-	$28.2B	-0.4%
Federal litigative and judicial activities	-	$13B	0.9%
Federal correctional activities	-	$7.6B	1.3%
Criminal justice assistance	-	$4.6B	-41.4%
+ Natural Resources and Environment	-	$39.5B	-31.1%
Conservation and land management	-	$12.3B	1.7%
Pollution control and abatement	-	$10.4B	-30.6%
Other natural resources	-	$6.6B	-7.0%
Water resources	-	$6.5B	-66.0%
Recreational resources	-	$3.8B	-9.9%
+ General Science, Space, and Technology	-	$31B	-11.4%
Space flight, research, and supporting activities	-	$18.2B	0.5%
General science and basic research	-	$12.8B	-24.3%
+ General Government	-	$29B	-4.0%
Central fiscal operations	-	$12.5B	1.1%
General purpose fiscal assistance	-	$6.7B	64.6%
Other general government	-	$5.1B	51.0%
Legislative functions	-	$4.2B	2.8%
General property and records management	-	$1B	-84.5%
Executive direction and management	-	$592M	5.9%
Central personnel management	-	$203M	8.0%
Deductions for offsetting receipts	-	$-1.4B	35.7%
+ Agriculture	-	$25.4B	5.3%
Farm income stabilization	-	$20.3B	5.7%
Agricultural research and services	-	$5.2B	3.7%
+ Community and Regional Development	-	$19.9B	-16.3%
Disaster relief and insurance	-	$10.8B	46.2%
Community development	-	$6B	-27.7%
Area and regional development	-	$3.1B	-62.0%
+ Energy	-	$8.8B	-79.4%
Energy supply	-	$6.9B	-62.3%
Energy conservation	-	$1.1B	-95.2%
Energy information, policy, and regulation	-	$557M	-20.0%
Emergency energy preparedness	-	$255M	18.6%
+ Undistributed Offsetting Receipts	-	$-79.7B	-13.9%
Other undistributed offsetting receipts	-	$-391M	-97.7%
Rents and royalties on the Outer Continental Shelf	-	$-3.5B	-33.2%
Employer share, employee retirement (off-budget)	-	$-14.9B	5.0%
Employer share, employee retirement (on-budget)	-	$-60.9B	7.9%
+ Commerce and Housing Credit	-	$-111.8B	-124.8%

Discretionary Spending
Mandatory Spending
Interest Spending

Account		My Cost	Total	Change
Federal Old-age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund Agency: Misc Agencies Bureau: Social Security Administration	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$553.3B $579.9B $600.6B	8.6% 4.8% 3.6%
Grants to States for Medicaid Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Bureau: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$254.9B $292.7B $285.2B	23.2% 14.8% -2.6%
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Bureau: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$241.8B $249.4B $266.3B	7.3% 3.1% 6.8%
Payments to Health Care Trust Funds Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Bureau: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$213B $229.9B $247.4B	3.8% 7.9% 7.6%
Interest on Treasury Debt Securities (gross) Agency: Department of the Treasury Bureau: Interest on the Public Debt	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$189.4B $221B $291.4B	-21.8% 16.7% 31.9%
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Bureau: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$205.2B $220.6B $244.9B	8.9% 7.5% 11.0%
Interest Paid to Trust Fund Receipt Accounts - Shadow Account Agency: Department of the Treasury Bureau: Interest on the Public Debt	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$180.9B $190.8B $192.3B	-5.2% 5.5% 0.8%
Unemployment Trust Fund Agency: Department of Labor Bureau: Employment and Training Administration	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$116.8B $180.1B $102.2B	171.3% 54.1% -43.3%
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund Agency: Misc Agencies Bureau: Social Security Administration	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$117.1B $125B $131B	11.5% 6.8% 4.8%
Operation and Maintenance, Army Agency: Department of Defense--Military Bureau: Operation and Maintenance	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$83.6B $90.1B $96.6B	3.2% 7.8% 7.1%
Payments to the Unemployment Trust Fund Agency: Department of Labor Bureau: Employment and Training Administration	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$17.2B $75.3B $18B	0.0% 337.1% -76.0%
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund Agency: Misc Agencies Bureau: Office of Personnel Management	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$68B $70.2B $72.4B	6.6% 3.4% 3.2%
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Agency: Department of Agriculture Bureau: Food and Nutrition Service	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$59.1B $68.7B $80.1B	49.3% 16.2% 16.6%
Medicare Prescription Drug Account, Federal Supplementary Insurance Trust Fund Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Bureau: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$53.2B $58.8B $66.8B	19.7% 10.6% 13.6%
Payment to Military Retirement Fund Agency: Other Defense Civil Programs Bureau: Military Retirement	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$51.1B $58.6B $61.3B	10.7% 14.7% 4.6%
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Budget data source: United States Office of Management and Budget. Website © 2010 WhatWePayFor