Sorry for the sporadic posting. I’m visiting family in Oklahoma and that means very, very limited internet access.
Zac from Georgia sent in a link to some interesting images that illustrate the mismatch between what the federal government spends money on and what the media cover. This image shows spending only via federal contracts (not all spending) compared to all articles in the New York Times in 2009 (granted, a very small sample of all media coverage, so keep that in mind):
Contract spending data is available here.
This time we have all spending, not just spending through contracts; the Department of Defense has dropped down to 4th place:
Back to contract spending, this graph just presents the same data in a different format:
No time for commentary, laptop’s about to die. I have to drive 30 miles each way to get internet access…and there’s nowhere to plug in! Have you ever heard of such madness????
