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  1. > Are you concerned a proposed farm bill would spend $195 billion on farm subsidies over the next decade? How about $80.35 billion spent on food stamps last year? Would you be more or less concerned if it were $1.95 billion and $8 billion?
    > Would you have any idea what these numbers mean?
    #CenterForEconomicAndPolicyResearch
    #FederalBudgetCalculator #USABudget #BudgetCalculator

  2. > .. big numbers.. go into reporting.. the federal budget... (CEPR) can help put.. numbers into context with.. online tool, the.. #FederalBudgetCalculator.
    > .. Biden’s American Jobs Plan was lowered to a proposed $1.7 trillion over eight years,... #DeanBaker “. . .[It] is a bit less than 0.8 percent of GDP. It is just over a quarter of what the Pentagon is projected to spend over this period. On a per person basis, it comes to around $640 a year.”
    cepr.net/press-release/new-too
    #BudgetCalculator