How to Make a Budget Pie
with President's Budget Proposal FY 2009 1 2 Total military spending = 44.4%
1 Diplomacy and human needs abroad- 1.5% 2 Education and jobs - 2.2% 3 Science, energy and the environment - 2.5%
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Gov. op.= 7%
Current wars = 30.9% Interest on nonmilitary debt = 10.9%
Responses to poverty = 11.8% Past Wars = 13.5% Health care = 19.7%
Friends Committee on National Legislation 245 Second St., NE • Washington, DC 20002 www.fcnl.org • February 22, 2008