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Don't get me wrong, as I am not trying to start a political argument, but the graphs on the page show the top level spending; leaves out lower level stuff. Defe
by woodall 16y ago
Don't get me wrong, as I am not trying to start a political argument, but the graphs on the page show the top level spending; leaves out lower level stuff. Defense spending doesn't mean buying stealth bombers. It can also mean foreign aide, food for needy afgans, providing soldiers with better equipment, paying families who had loved ones killed- on both sides- and a myriad of other things.
The illustrations are pretty, but lack substance to form educated decisions; that goes for all categories. A break down of each section is what is needed. Can money in education be spent better? There is a lot more involved than just "cutting the defense budget".
- ry0ohki 16y agoI used the same high level categories used on the OMB budget for clarity, but you're right it probably would be interesting to see what details are below them, maybe when I have time later I'll add that detail. The main point was that a household can't continue with a deficit that large, and BudgetSimple's main goal is to help people create balanced household budgets
- woodall 16y agohttp://www.budgetsimple.com http://www.budgetsimple.com looks nice and it's completely free. That tells me that you probably have the best of intentions; plus the sales text on the front page seems genuine. I just feel that a more in depth analysis would make a better blog post; maybe even something to cite. Your post did get the idea across. The US needs to change the way they are spending their money or suffer the consequences in the near future.