Spending by the US Government...

For an excellent visual on how the US Governments spends the revenues it collects, check out the following link.


http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/a-long-deep-view-of-the-u-s-budget/?nl=opinion&emc=tyb2

When the budget debate centers on cutting the 12% of the government's spending that is discretional, one must ask, as in the famous advertisement, "where's the beef?"