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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:10 AM Original message |
What's wrong (or at least misleading) with this graph? |
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Tunkamerica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. well, tarp's not on there... |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It's that tiny green sliver between insurance and other. nt |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Actually, it is . . . between "Other" and "Insurance" |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. Number one: Social Security is not part of the general budget/not funded via the income tax. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. +1 |
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bluethruandthru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. +10000 |
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alsame (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Deliberate confusion to make the cuts seem necessary. nt |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. They should show the amount of SS Surplus going to the Gen Fund |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. And we have an early winner!!!! |
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social_critic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. Excellent point |
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jtrockville (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Yes, that jumped out at me too. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. The chart is not a listing of all spending funded by income tax |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 06:01 AM Response to Reply #16 |
17. no, it shouldn't. it's not part of "all spending". its funding comes from a dedicated |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Um....how is it not part of all spending? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 12:52 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. i think i was clear. |
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jeff47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. No, you simply declared it as a fact |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 09:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
19. SSShhhhhhhh! |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
9. other?? |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
13. The colors are really gross. That's just SO wrong. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. Hmpf ...... seems like ..... |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. A lot of military spending is hidden in the budgets of other gov't departments |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 12:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. it would not surprise me |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-16-11 01:14 PM Response to Original message |
22. I tend to avoid Ezra Klein. |
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