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Old 08-16-2008, 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by solitude View Post
Dismayed, Your figures are always used by the government, and the political right, to show how "little" in percentage we pay toward defense.

There's just one problem...



Here's what it REALLY looks like:



The deception in using trust money outlays is deceptive - but typical.
Source?

The first graph comes from the CBO. Where does the second graph come from?

It also says where your "income tax" goes. There are other sources of government revenue. This graph looks invented out of thin air.
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