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November 15, 2005
Your Tax Dollars at Work
Otto von Bismarck reportedly said, “Laws are like sausages; it is better not to see them being made.” For those who don’t feel the same about Congress’s attempts to pass a budget, we offer some overviews of the budget process and debate about the deficit and national debt. How does the budget process work and where does our money go?
The Budget of the United States Government is a collection of documents issued by the Office of Management and Budget. Download, browse, or purchase a print copy here.
The Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget
Introduction to the Federal Budget Process
from the Congressional Research Service
Budget
from the U.S. Senate’s Virtual Reference Desk
These nonpartisan organizations research, analyze, and disseminate information about the federal budget and how it affects our lives:
National Priorities Project
“Showing how federal tax and spending policies impact your community.”
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Center conducts research and analysis to inform public debates over proposed budget and tax policies and to help ensure that the needs of low-income families and individuals are considered in these debates.
The Federal Budget
Public Agenda seeks to inform both the public and policy makers.
In Focus: The U.S. Budget Deficit
Analysis and commentary in a series of articles by fellows of the Brookings Institution.
The library owns books on the subject of budget deficits. Some recent titles:
Rome Wasn't Burnt in a Day: The Real Deal on How Politicians, Bureaucrats, and Other Washington Barbarians Are Bankrupting America, by Joe Scarborough
Running on Empty: How the Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It, by Peter G. Peterson
Restoring Fiscal Sanity: How to Balance the Budget
Feeling wonky? For more budget documents, executive and legislative activity, a calendar, books, and news and commentary, see
U.S. Government Documents: The Budget Process
from Columbia University’s Lehman Library.
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Posted by hinsdalereference at November 15, 2005 10:54 AM