Understanding the Cuts | US Debt in Perspective
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An interactive exploration of the US national debt, scaled down to comprehensible numbers to help understand the true scale of government finances.
  • kersploosh@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    11 months

    Nice visualization. Unfortunately the domain it’s blocked on my work network for some reason. Hopefully others don’t have the same problem.

    Short summary in case you cannot access the site:
    The DOGE cuts represent <1% of federal spending. They are targeted for political messaging and stoking culture wars, not for reducing the deficit or cutting the size of government. Which shouldn’t be surprising to anyone.

    • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11 months

      Odd that it’s blocked. You’re right that it shouldn’t be surprising.

      I thought it was novel how there are scale options to make the data more digestible for non-mathematical people.

      • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11 months

        It’s likely no fault of your own with the site being blocked. As it is a new website no one has been able to take a look at it to classify it.

  • uridl@feddit.orgEnglish
    11 months

    Wow, this is a nice page. Would like to have something for Germany as well.