National Budget Simulation

Use the pop-up menus to increase or decrease as many of the budget items as you'd like. When you're finished, click the button at the end of the document.

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Spending

+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Military Spending
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Veterans and Military Retirement
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate International affairs
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate General science, space, and technology
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Non-Defense Energy Spending
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Natural resources and environment
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Agriculture
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Transportation
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Community and regional development
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Education, training, employment, and social services
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Non-Medicare Health Spending
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Medicare
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Non-SS Retirement & Unemployment Compensation
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Social Welfare Spending
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Social security
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Administration of justice
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate General government administration
Hold even Net interest
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Undistributed offsetting receipts
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Commerce and housing credit

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Tax Expenditures

+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Corporate Tax Breaks
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Personal Business & Investment Benefits
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Pension & Retirement Deductions
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Employer-paid Health Insurance
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Itemized Deductions
+ 100% + 50% + 30% + 20% + 10% Hold even cut 10% cut 20% cut 30% cut 40% cut 50% cut 70% Eliminate Other personal tax expenditures

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