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This book only has one page, but it might be the most important page you will read this year.
Jess Bachman, a 31-year-old graphic genius has boiled down the largest government budget ever into a single poster, a poster that will show you (and your students and your boss and everyone you know) exactly how we're spending all that money. Every year for the last several years, Bachman has spent two months researching and creating a visual record of how the United States government spends our tax dollars. The end result is a 24”x 36” glossy poster—a visual story of how money moves in and out of the government.
In visual detail Death and Taxes exposes and highlights our national priorities for 2012. The numbers are public knowledge but always hidden in thousands of pages of text. Thanks to Bachman’s skill as an artist and thoughtful determination that our nation’s spending should be for public consumption, we can become more knowledgeable citizens.
For anyone who has ever paid taxes, you deserve to know how your money is being spent. Thanks to Bachman we can. This is urgent, and you can do something critical right now: you can educate yourself and every taxpayer you know about what's really happening.
A Detailed Look at Death & Taxes
Jess Bachman, a 31-year-old graphic genius has boiled down the largest government budget ever into a single poster, a poster that will show you (and your students and your boss and everyone you know) exactly how we're spending all that money. Every year for the last several years, Bachman has spent two months researching and creating a visual record of how the United States government spends our tax dollars. The end result is a 24”x 36” glossy poster—a visual story of how money moves in and out of the government.
In visual detail Death and Taxes exposes and highlights our national priorities for 2012. The numbers are public knowledge but always hidden in thousands of pages of text. Thanks to Bachman’s skill as an artist and thoughtful determination that our nation’s spending should be for public consumption, we can become more knowledgeable citizens.
For anyone who has ever paid taxes, you deserve to know how your money is being spent. Thanks to Bachman we can. This is urgent, and you can do something critical right now: you can educate yourself and every taxpayer you know about what's really happening.
A Detailed Look at Death & Taxes
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"If you want a daily reminder of where all the tax money that doesn't go into your paycheck actually goes, then put this stunning new poster up on your wall."
--OpenCongress.org
"Talk about representing something extremely complex that perhaps very few people in the US government have a handle on. Well here it is. Laid out, easy to read and compare. With data straight from the White House."
--Avinash Kaushik, Web Analytics: An Hour A Day
"Great poster! I just got two of them, one for work and one for home."
--Maureen Madden, Mission Director, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
"As a supply officer in Afghanistan, I put up a copy of Death and Taxes in my shop, and guys would stand there and stare at it for thirty minutes at a time. It was great to be able to show people where their paychecks came from, show them how little the Marine Corps got relative to the other services, and to show the actual impact of deficit spending (especially due to GWOT spending)."
--Capt Christian Palmer, USMC
"I have your chart hanging in my office--I work for the Dept of Defense and I enjoy reminding my fellow civil servants of the trust and confidence placed in us by the taxpayer, as evidenced by the sheer magnitude of dollars they send us. For me, it's a helpful reminder of how lucky I am to work here and that I'd better accomplish something meaningful with these resources."
--Kevin Marlowe, Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, USJFCOM Joint Systems Integration Command
"I am a senior government official and this is the best illustration of the budget and the budget situation--by far. And I have used it repeatedly in educating folks about the increased need for accountability. Well done!"
--Bob MacDonald, Director, Office of Planning and Accountability, National Institute of Food and Agriculture
"We have it up in the lobby of five Sylvan Learning Centers. Everyone who studies it is captivated. We point out that everything is proportional, and like to point to the Department of Education. Our clients are amazed, and often horrified, to see how Congress sees education relative to, say, the "War of Terror." It's quite the learning experience to see it all in one place!"
--Lee Pierce, Sylvan Learning Center
"Everyone is enamored with your budget graph! My students really liked seeing the "big picture" and some students commented that they were "visual people" and it improved their understanding of the federal budget. It is quite a conversation piece! Great idea!"
--George M. Yacus, PhD
"The poster has gotten great responses from our clients, at our events, and from visitors to our office."
--Hope A. Lane, Officer, Aronson & Company
--OpenCongress.org
"Talk about representing something extremely complex that perhaps very few people in the US government have a handle on. Well here it is. Laid out, easy to read and compare. With data straight from the White House."
--Avinash Kaushik, Web Analytics: An Hour A Day
"Great poster! I just got two of them, one for work and one for home."
--Maureen Madden, Mission Director, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
"As a supply officer in Afghanistan, I put up a copy of Death and Taxes in my shop, and guys would stand there and stare at it for thirty minutes at a time. It was great to be able to show people where their paychecks came from, show them how little the Marine Corps got relative to the other services, and to show the actual impact of deficit spending (especially due to GWOT spending)."
--Capt Christian Palmer, USMC
"I have your chart hanging in my office--I work for the Dept of Defense and I enjoy reminding my fellow civil servants of the trust and confidence placed in us by the taxpayer, as evidenced by the sheer magnitude of dollars they send us. For me, it's a helpful reminder of how lucky I am to work here and that I'd better accomplish something meaningful with these resources."
--Kevin Marlowe, Director, Strategic Plans and Policy, USJFCOM Joint Systems Integration Command
"I am a senior government official and this is the best illustration of the budget and the budget situation--by far. And I have used it repeatedly in educating folks about the increased need for accountability. Well done!"
--Bob MacDonald, Director, Office of Planning and Accountability, National Institute of Food and Agriculture
"We have it up in the lobby of five Sylvan Learning Centers. Everyone who studies it is captivated. We point out that everything is proportional, and like to point to the Department of Education. Our clients are amazed, and often horrified, to see how Congress sees education relative to, say, the "War of Terror." It's quite the learning experience to see it all in one place!"
--Lee Pierce, Sylvan Learning Center
"Everyone is enamored with your budget graph! My students really liked seeing the "big picture" and some students commented that they were "visual people" and it improved their understanding of the federal budget. It is quite a conversation piece! Great idea!"
--George M. Yacus, PhD
"The poster has gotten great responses from our clients, at our events, and from visitors to our office."
--Hope A. Lane, Officer, Aronson & Company
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Jess Bachman spends most of his time thinking up great ideas and even more time figuring out represent those ideas visually. He is the Creative Director of Visual.ly, a data visualization company. His work can be found in magazines, art galleries, and on national television. When he is not creating art, he is devoting time to his other loves among them video game development and family.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I purchased this item last tax season and will every year that it is available. It is interesting to my clients, and lets the reader draw his own conclusions. Although those conclusions are not always what the makers of this poster intend, I appreciate that the facts and information remain indisputable and therefore apolitical. It is well done. I keep mine in a snap frame so that it can easily be changed from year to year.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have been using these posters in my AP courses for years and the students love it. Simply the best tool available for explaining the budget and the choices we face as a nation.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By ohio
Format:Paperback
If you're a designer, this is one of the best examples of displays of information you will find - I've had the 2010 and 2011 versions up on my "Wall of Interesting" at a major design firm and this one always garnered a lot of attention among the many other pieces.
If you're a US citizen, this may be the most important purchase you make this year. Regardless of your politics, your views should be informed by the reality and proportion of where your money goes, and there's no better way to understand and absorb that info than this poster.
If you're a US citizen, this may be the most important purchase you make this year. Regardless of your politics, your views should be informed by the reality and proportion of where your money goes, and there's no better way to understand and absorb that info than this poster.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect Conversation Piece
If you are a wanna be economist, blogger, political expert, this poster (buy the updated version) is an informative and concise illustration of where our tax dollars are spent. Read more
Published 1 month ago by kdbux
5.0 out of 5 stars
Terrific!!
This reminds us of just how important fiscal accountablility is concerning government spending. The visual percpective is a real eye opener.
Published 2 months ago by Tim
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ingenious poster, wish I could afford it.
Incredibly brilliant product I just wish I had an extra $30 to spend on reaffirming such an item. However, if you consult the chart you will see why I am currently lacking the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Nobuyerofconsequense
5.0 out of 5 stars
great for classroom
Purchased for my son who is a second year high school history teacher. He laminated it and hung in the back of his classroom. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jean Goodale
4.0 out of 5 stars
impressive organization
great presentation idea. I can spend alot of time conceptualizing the trouble with usa spending. minus a star for terrible format. bad fonts and colors make it hard to read. Read more
Published 5 months ago by rawtimes
5.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting
I found this very instructional and it is very timely with budget concerns right now. When I had displayed it for a while, I donated it to a history class at the local high... Read more
Published 5 months ago by K. Boddy
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent conversation piece!
If you love to know where your tax dollars goes, too!!! This is an excellent beginning! I can occupy my entire day staring at this poster!
Published 6 months ago by Kuwaitie Dude
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wow, great poster!
This will open your eyes on where the money really goes! Very informative! Great for a classroom or a conversation piece.
Published 6 months ago by Lynnette M.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Product
Thanks this really makes you sick when you see what our government is spending our tax dollars on. Thanks for all your hard work.
Published 13 months ago by Glenn Alexa nder
5.0 out of 5 stars
I love the poster
I love and the detail that you put into the poster. I bought it originally in 2009 and this is my second one that I am buying. Keep up the great work. Read more
Published 13 months ago by asdfasf
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