"In all, $1 of every $5 the federal government spent in 2011 went to defense, and about 20 cents of that $1 was spent …"

"For every dollar the United States spends on the military, it spends another nickel on foreign aid, international dev…"

"Eliminating the federal workforce entirely would have pared the federal budget deficit in 2011 by only one-third."

"Nearly all the growth in the federal budget over the next ten years [2013-2022] is going to come from spending on hea…"

"The share of income most American families pay in federal taxes has been falling for more than thirty years. Today, A…"

"Except for four unusual years at the end of the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s, the federal government has spen…"

"“The fiscal path we are on today is simply not sustainable. These deficits that we are incurring on an annual basis a…"

"The federal government was smaller—4.3 percent of GDP in 1931—and narrower. About 70 percent of the spending went for…"

"“From the mid-1930s to the 1970s, the government made a set of commitments that led to expectations on the part of th…"

"Adjusted for inflation, the federal government spent more on Medicare and Medicaid in 2011 than it spent on everythin…"