By Jerry Idaszak, associate editor, The Kiplinger LettersAlmost everyone agrees that the federal deficit is a ticking bomb. But few can agree on how to defuse it. Ideas run the gamut from raising taxes to the wholesale elimination of scores of government programs. Some are contradictory. All are controversial.
When you take a look at where the money actually goes, it's easy to see why it's hard to balance the budget.
How Uncle Sam Spends Our Taxes: The Budget in 8 Easy Bites originally appeared on DailyFinance.com on 2012-03-26T13:50:00Z.
