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Carolyn Federoff, Executive Vice President, AFGE Council 222 AFGECouncil222.com. Spending and revenue graphics at www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/125xx/doc12577/budgetinfographic.htm. 2011 FEDERAL BUDGET. $2.3 trillion. $1.3 trillion. www.usa.gov/Agencies/Federal/Independent.shtml#.
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Carolyn Federoff, Executive Vice President, AFGE Council 222 AFGECouncil222.com
Spending and revenue graphics at www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/125xx/doc12577/budgetinfographic.htm
2011 FEDERAL BUDGET $2.3 trillion $1.3 trillion
2011 FEDERAL BUDGET $2.3 trillion $1.047 trillion
Independent Agencies and Government Corporations • AMTRAK (National Railroad Passenger Corporation • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) • General Services Administration (GSA) • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) • National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) • National Endowment for the Arts • National Endowment for the Humanities • Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) • Office of Personnel Management • Peace Corps • Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) • Small Business Administration (SBA) • Tennessee Valley Authority • and more!
2011 FEDERAL BUDGET $2.3 trillion $899.168 billion
2011 FEDERAL BUDGET $2.3 trillion $822.65 billion
2011 FEDERAL BUDGET $2.3 trillion $791.473 billion
2011 FEDERAL BUDGET $2.3 trillion $738.786 billion
2011 FEDERAL BUDGET $2.3 trillion $589.311 billion
2011 FEDERAL BUDGET $2.3 trillion $576.932 billion
2011 FEDERAL BUDGET $2.3 trillion $521.054 billion
2011 FEDERAL BUDGET $2.3 trillion $471.967 billion
2011 FEDERAL BUDGET $2.3 trillion $418.587 billion
2011 FEDERAL BUDGET $2.3 trillion $275.294 billion
2011 FEDERAL BUDGET $2.3 trillion $245.606 billion
2011 FEDERAL BUDGET $2.3 trillion $212.958 billion
2011 FEDERAL BUDGET $2.3 trillion $200.086 billion
2011 FEDERAL BUDGET $2.3 trillion $187.937 billion
2011 FEDERAL BUDGET $2.3 trillion
Wages vs. Benefits for Retirees in 2010 Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, based on Social Security Administration, 2010 Trustees Report at Table VI.F10
Most elderly rely on Social Security for the majority of their income Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, based on Social Security Administration, 2008 data
How big is the United States? • 5175 public airports • 787 million passengers Source: Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics at http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_01_03.html and http://www.bts.gov/press_releases/2011/bts017_11/html/bts017_11.html
How big is the United States? • 528 ports • 3700 cargo and passenger terminals • 6000 commercial ships • 60,000 port calls • 9 million cargo containers Source: Congressional Research Service, “Port and Maritime Security” (May 27, 2005) pp 2, 3
How big is the United States? • 13 million truck and rail cars crossing the Canadian and Mexican borders annually Source: Congressional Research Service, “Port and Maritime Security” (May 27, 2005) p 3
How big is the United States? : 2016 >51,000 US food facilities 15,000 foreign food facilities < 3000 FDA Inspectors + Source: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, “FDA Inspections of Domestic Food Facilities” (April 2010) p ii and 3; and U.S. Food and Drug Administration, “Pathway to Global Product Safety and Quality,” p 3.
How big is the United States? : 7.5 million workplaces 1100 OSHA Inspectors 24 million Veterans 5 million Veterans Sources: Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists at http://www.cste.org/dnn/ProgramsandActivities/OccupationalHealth/OccupationalHealthIndicators/Indicator18/tabid/114/Default.aspx; and Congressional Budget Office, “The Health Care System for Veterans,” p. 1 (numbers for 2006)
How big is the United States? 10,000 file for Social Security benefits 16,000 receive new Social Security cards 33,000 receive replacement cards Every Day Source: SSA, “Annual Performance Plan for FY 2011 and Revised Final Performance Plan for FY 2010” at pp 31 and 39.
US Population Growth 1960-2010 Source: U.S. Census Bureau, “Resident Population Data” at http://2010.consus.gov/2010densus/data/apportionment-pop-text.php
Federal Employees:US Residents 1960 – 1:99 2010 – 1:147 2 out of 3 work in Defense, Homeland Security, Veteran’s Affairs and Justice Source: Office of Personnel Management at http://www.opm.gov/feddata/HistoricalTables/ExecutiveBranchSince1940.asp and National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE)
Comparison of spending to current and projected revenues Source: Tax Policy Center
Where’s the Revenue? Source: Congressional Research Service, “The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan . . .” (March 29, 2011) p. 34
Where’s the Revenue Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “Economic Downturn and Bush Policies . . .” (May 10, 2011) Table 1, 2013 estimated value
Where’s the Revenue? Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research, “The Potential Revenue from Financial Transactions Taxes” (December 2009) Table 1
Where’s the Revenue? Source: Tax Policy Center, estimate for 2013, at http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/numbers/displayatab.cfm?Docid=1616
Where’s the Revenue? Source: Tax Policy Center , estimate for 2013, at http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/numbers/displayatab.cfm?DocID=2491
Where’s the Revenue? Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “Economic Downturn and Bush Policies . . .” (May 10, 2011) Table 1, 2013 estimated value
Save Social Security—Scrap the Cap! Source: SSA Annual Statistical Supplement, 2010, Table 4.B4
What do we have? • Big country • Modest sized government • Small tax burden • The reckless aughts gave us • Massive tax cuts • Unfunded wars • Wall Street speculators
What do we need? • Wind down the war • Eliminate the Bush Tax cuts • Raise taxes on the 1% • Put people back to work • Save Social Security—Scrap the cap