In his State of the Union Address, President Obama promised that this year, for the first time ever, American taxpayers would be able to go online and see exactly how their federal tax dollars are spent. Just enter a few pieces of information about your taxes, and the taxpayer receipt will give you a breakdown of how your tax dollars are spent on priorities like education, veterans benefits, or health care. Find out what you paid on the next page.
President Obama returned from his trip to Latin America yesterday, and briefly got locked out of the White House. He reportedly got home earlier than expected, and staffers didn't know he was coming.
It could pay for 5,006 Obama '08 presidential campaigns. The stack of bills would be as tall as 2.4 million Washington monuments. It could buy the Yankees 2331 times over and it could give each American $12,000. See more examples on the next page!
Bill O'Reilly interviewed President Obama before the Super Bowl and said beforehand that it would be more like a conversation than a regular Q&A. But let's just say O'Reilly has a different definition of 'conversation' than a lot of people. See the video on the next page.
President Obama's 2011 State of the Union (titled "Winning the Future") focused heavily on all political parties working together -- Republican and Democrat congress members even watched in a mixed seating arrangement, rather than occupying separate sections of the House. Obama also announced his administration would move forward with health care reform, work on immigration law, build in