The New York Times has an interactive graph up of the $3.17 trillion proposed governmental budget up on their website. Some of the more interesting numbers:
- $808.04 billion in mandatory spending for the Social Security Administration (which the CBO has stated, barring any reforms, is permanently set to give out more money than it is taking in).
- $474.15 billion for interest on Public Debt — not the principal, just the interest.
- $11.57 billion for the Federal Communications Commission, which is best known for making sure that people don’t curse on television.
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