“fiscal-policy” Charts
Record Breaking Tax Day »
$1.47 trillion, the amount collected this fiscal year in taxes, is the highest amount of taxes ever collected in one…
Unemployment: On the way to recovery »
From the data, unemployment spiked in 2009 and 2010; the two years after Bush left office. This could be expected…
Federal Spending Remains Flat »
The CBO released its new budget outlook today. The chart below shows total federal spending since 2000. Spending was way…
Bernanke's View of Fiscal Policy »
Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke stated that 'except for in 2009, we’ve had very tight fiscal policy'. In Keynesian economics,…
Look to the North for Fiscal Reform »
From 1995 to 1998, Canada turned its $32 billion federal deficit into a $2.5 billion surplus. Canada's federal spending as…
Government Spending Rises Twice as Fast as Inflation »
The President’s new burden of a budget has been unveiled and Obama wants spending to increase more than twice as…