Here is a cool visual display of where your tax dollars go. This only represents the discretionary budget that the President submits to Congress every year. Entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security are not included even though they are a huge part of the taxes we pay.
Archive for April, 2007
Where do your taxes go?
Saturday, April 21st, 2007Definitely
Saturday, April 7th, 2007I will admit it. I think good spelling is important. Please correct me if you ever see anything that looks wrong on this site. One word people are excellent at spelling incorrectly is definitely. Apparently, someone takes spelling this word even more seriously than I do. They have devoted an entire website to the word. Pretty funny.
Wagering on the election?
Saturday, April 7th, 2007Yes, you can. Check out Slate, which is keeping track of several websites that allow you to wager (or invest if you will) on different candidates and their chance/price/odds. You can follow the trends in these over time on Slate’s page. Many, including DARPA, belive prediction markets are very effective at predicting events, much like publicly traded stocks predict the future of corporations. In fact, the prediction markets were, over time, excellent at predicting President Bush’s win over John Kerry.
Test pre-schoolers pass but you will fail
Saturday, April 7th, 2007Check out this link. I failed and guess you will as well.
Measuring your runs
Sunday, April 1st, 2007Have you ever wanted to plot a course for a run but wanted it a little more exact than driving your car using your odometer? If so, this is the site for you.
It uses Google maps, and you can plot an exact course using waypoints to measure out an exact course. I just did it for a 5K course on Bayshore.