Build a Better Budget...Here's Your Chance

by: DocJess

Sat Nov 10, 2012 at 16:29:39 PM EST

The National Priorities Project has this mission:

National Priorities Project (NPP) makes our complex federal budget transparent and accessible so people can exercise their right and responsibility to oversee and influence how their tax dollars are spent.

You can read more about them here. 

they're a terrific organization, and strive to provide all sorts of data and facts so that people can really learn what's involved, instead of, ohhhh, the lies some people like to tell. They have put together an interactive "game" where you can view what the Democrats, the Republicans, the CBO and the Progressive Caucus propose for different areas of the budget. You can play with the numbers and find out what affects your choices would make. I advise you to look around their site for more drilled-down information. Click below and begin. You have an option at the end to submit your budget ideas.