Economic Recovery

I went looking for how much the "War on Terror" is costing the United States tax payer.  I haven't found those numbers yet, but I did find the "Recovery.gov" web site.  The site is snazzy, and if you like graphs you will love it.  However, I found the graphs slow and tedious to get any real information.  A picture (graph) is worth a thousand words, and I liked them for an overview, but give me a spreadsheet (table) anytime to compare numbers and see what is really happening.  Luck has it, the site also has a search and table section . I live in Michigan, so that is what the images show. Have fun seeing how much of the stimulus money reached your part of the country!

Recovery.gov | Graph format

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http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Note: these are just screen shots to show how you can drill down to get more detailed information.  I personally found the second section with the Search box more useful.

Recovery.gov | Table format

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http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/TextViewProjSummary.aspx

04.21.2011. 11:11