A look back at the Budget for Fiscal Year 2011

THE BUDGET PROCESS $ $ - A STUDY OF SWOLLEN SPENDING - non-defense discretionary defense discretionary 18% social security 37% medicare 19% discretionary spending 20% $3.6 TRILLION income security medicaid & other health I fy 2011] 56% ----. interest payments 6% 13% ----- mandatory spending 15% TOTAL BUDGET MAIN BUCKETS MANDATORY DISCRETIONARY that's like... DISCRETIONARY SPENDING: $1.3 trillion SOCIAL SECURITY $725 billion NON-DEFENSE DISCRETIONARY $648 billion EX. DEFENSE & NON-DEFENSE TRANSPORTATION $11,510.24 PER PERSON IN THE U.S. OPTIONAL SPENDING MEDICARE $480 billion EDUCATION CONGRESS SETS ANNUALLY TRAINING/EMPLOYMENT/SOCIAL SERVICES IN THE APPROPRIATIONS INCOME SECURITY $526 billion PURCHASING 904,846,811 SUPER BOWL TICKETS PROCESS. THEY CAN CUT OR & OTHERS INCREASE THIS FUNDING EACH YEAR HOWEVER THEY SEE FIT. MEDICAID & OTHER HEALTH $310 billion DEFENSE DISCRETIONARY $699 billion PURCHASING ADELE'S MANSION 379,835 TIMES NATIONAL DEFENSE $2 trillion MANDATORY SPENDING: EX. SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE PURCHASING FACEBOOK 37 TIMES SPENDING PROGRAMS RUNNING ON "AUTO-PILOT" THAT HAVE BEEN OBLIGATED BY PREVIOUSLY PASSED LAWS, NOT SUBJECT TO ANNUAL REVIEW. INTEREST PAYMENTS $230 billion THE COST OF BORROWING TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS. TOTAL BUDGET Ify 2011] $3.6 trillion for some context... TOTAL REVENUE Ify 2011 I $2.3 trillion WHICH LEFT US SHORT...$1.3 trillion *NUMBERS MAY NOT ADD DUE TO ROUNDING. FOR FULL LIST OF SOURCES, PLEASE VISIT: BANKRUPTINGAMERICA.ORG/BUDGET BREAKDOWN %24 %24 %24