A working library — the dashboards, arguments, and images I keep returning to while thinking about how the country spends, taxes, and shows its work. Opinionated by design; updated when something earns its place.
The national balance sheet: debt, deficits, the trajectory.
The national debt, updated and in one place.
A running read on the deficit, revenue, and outlays.
Where federal spending is growing fastest.
The long-form version of the dashboards — the JEC’s annual report to Congress.
Where the money goes, and the case for restraint.
Entitlements, and why the math doesn’t close.
The shortfall keeps deepening, and few Americans grasp the coming trade-offs.
Social Security’s shortfall, mapped to every state.
Why lifting the payroll-tax cap won’t close the gap.
How tax policy moves revenue and the economy.
The craft, and the limits, of budget scoring.
Sources that make hard data legible; visual craft worth studying.