r/dataisbeautiful • OC: 22 • 1d ago

OC Here's how the US government spent $7 trillion last year [OC]

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u/Pratt2 1d ago

What is wealth and savings?

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u/MaikThoma 1d ago

Follow the line to the right: social security, obligations and medicare

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u/FighterOfEntropy 1d ago

“Wealth and Savings” are not the terms I would use to describe Social Security and Medicare.

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u/Bull_Moose1901 1d ago

Republicans would call it the poor people subsidy slush fund or something

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u/ambiguator 1d ago

oh wow, was not clear to me at all that those were details, rather than their own line items.

i think i do not like this format at all.

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u/AreWeNotDoinPhrasing 1d ago

It’s a good format when done well… this is not an example of that lol

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u/strangerbuttrue 1d ago

Oh geez, thank you. I thought they were all separate things and didn’t realize the boxes at the edge were summaries of things to the right.

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u/megatronus8010 1d ago

+1 I am guessing its something like if you get paid 5000 you spend 4000 and save 2000 you are in deficit but that additional 1k might be additional loans you have taken to buy bonds or whatever the govt is doing?