Kiplinger.com has an infographic up getting into some of the details of the monstrous US Budget and tries to find out just why is it so hard for us to cut Spending?  A few tidbits :

  • 57% of the 2011 budget is direct payments to individuals
  • 22% of the budget is for Pensions, 19% of it Social Security
  • 23% is Health Care
  • 19.6% is Defense
  • 7% of the Budget is mere interest on our deficit.

See the full graphic after the break.

A Stubborn U.S. Budget – Kiplinger.

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