Aram Zucker-Scharff

Before you toast in the new year, check where the government has been allocating your money for the past year with this giant infographic.

“Just remember to extend those tax cuts costs $1tn dollars over 10 years. There is no way we can get back to a balanced plan that put us back on the path to living within our means, protects Medicare, invests in things we need, if you extend those ta…

Most Americans paid less in taxes in 2010 than people with the same inflation-adjusted incomes paid in 1980, because of cuts in federal income taxes. At lower income levels, however, much of the savings was offset by increases in federal payroll taxes…

Household debt in America, in 3 Graphs.