The most open and accessible record
of government spending ever to exist (in 6 sq ft)

"Death and Taxes" is a large representational graph and poster of the federal budget. It contains over 500 programs and departments and almost every program that receives over 200 million dollars annually. The data is straight from the president's 2012 budget request and will be debated, amended, and approved by Congress to begin the fiscal year. All of the item circles are proportional in size to their funding levels for visual comparison and the percentage change from both 2012 and 2002 is included so you can spot trends.

"Death and Taxes" is more than just numbers. It is a uniquely revealing look at our national priorities, that fluctuate yearly, according to the wishes of the President, the power of Congress, and the will of the people. Thousands of pages of raw data have been boiled down to one poster that provides the most open and accessible record of our nations' spending you will ever find. If you pay taxes, then you have paid for a small part of everything in the poster. "Death and Taxes" is an essential poster for any responsible citizen or information junkie.

Specifications: Poster is a 24''x36'' offset on thick #100 glossy cover stock.

"Talk about representing something extremely complex that perhaps very few people in the US government have a handle on. Well here it is. Laid out, easy to read and compare. With data straight from the White House"  -Avinash Kaushik, Occam's Razordddddd

"A stupendous graph. I've always been a fan of clever design imparting huge amounts of information in a graphical display." 
-npr.org

"I love your work. As a supply officer in Afghanistan, I put up a copy of Death and Taxes in my shop, and guys would stand there and stare at it for thirty minutes at a time. It was great to be able to show people where their paychecks came from, show them how little the Marine Corps got relative to the other services, and to show the actual impact of deficitspending (especially due to GWOT spending)." -Capt Christian Palmer, USMC

"Your "Federal Government Budget Poster" is perhaps the single best display I have seen of where and how our tax dollars are spent. A wonderful graphic that makes it easy to see the relative budgeted dollars for each agency, bureau and organizational unit in the government. Terrific job of sorting out a complicated subject." -Ron Cote, VP of SiloSmashers