The beautifully animated and interactive infographic "Four Ways to Slice Obama's 2013 Budget Proposal" [nytimes.com] by Shan Carter of the NYTimes shows how President Obama proposes to spend $3.7 trillion in 2013.
Each federal department is represented by a unique bubble, of which the surface area corresponds to the size of the according proposed budget, and the color depicts a positive or negative change in size. The data can be filtered in distinct ways: by types of spending (i.e. mandatory versus discretionary), by changes in comparison to the previous year, and by departmental total.
Via FlowingData.
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Authors: information aesthetics