Carolyn Federoff, Executive Vice President, AFGE Council 222 AFGECouncil222.com

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2011 FEDERAL BUDGET

2011 FEDERAL BUDGET

Independent Agencies and Government Corporations AMTRAK (National Railroad Passenger Corporation Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) General Services Administration (GSA) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Humanities Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Office of Personnel Management Peace Corps Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Small Business Administration (SBA) Tennessee Valley Authority and more!

2011 FEDERAL BUDGET

Wages vs. Benefits for Retirees in 2010 Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, based on Social Security Administration, 2010 Trustees Report at Table VI.F10

Most elderly rely on Social Security for the majority of their income Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, based on Social Security Administration, 2008 data

How big is the United States? 5175 public airports 787 million passengers Source: Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics at and

How big is the United States? 528 ports 3700 cargo and passenger terminals 6000 commercial ships 60,000 port calls 9 million cargo containers Source: Congressional Research Service, “Port and Maritime Security” (May 27, 2005) pp 2, 3

How big is the United States? 13 million truck and rail cars crossing the Canadian and Mexican borders annually Source: Congressional Research Service, “Port and Maritime Security” (May 27, 2005) p 3

How big is the United States? 2016 : >51,000 US food facilities + 15,000 foreign food facilities < 3000 FDA Inspectors Source: Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, “FDA Inspections of Domestic Food Facilities” (April 2010) p ii and 3; and U.S. Food and Drug Administration, “Pathway to Global Product Safety and Quality,” p 3.

How big is the United States? 7.5 million workplaces : 1100 OSHA Inspectors 5 million Veterans 24 million Veterans Sources: Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists at thIndicators/Indicator18/tabid/114/Default.aspx; and Congressional Budget Office, “The Health Care System for Veterans,” p. 1 (numbers for 2006)

How big is the United States? 10,000 file for Social Security benefits 16,000 receive new Social Security cards 33,000 receive replacement cards Every Day Source: SSA, “Annual Performance Plan for FY 2011 and Revised Final Performance Plan for FY 2010” at pp 31 and 39.

US Population Growth Source: U.S. Census Bureau, “Resident Population Data” at

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Federal Employees:US Residents 1960 – 1: – 1:147 2 out of 3 work in Defense, Homeland Security, Veteran’s Affairs and Justice Source: Office of Personnel Management at and National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE)

Comparison of spending to current and projected revenues Source: Tax Policy Center

Where’s the Revenue? Source: Congressional Research Service, “The Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan...” (March 29, 2011) p. 34

Where’s the Revenue Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “Economic Downturn and Bush Policies...” (May 10, 2011) Table 1, 2013 estimated value

Where’s the Revenue? Source: Center for Economic and Policy Research, “The Potential Revenue from Financial Transactions Taxes” (December 2009) Table 1

Where’s the Revenue? Source: Tax Policy Center, estimate for 2013, at

Where’s the Revenue? Source: Tax Policy Center, estimate for 2013, at

Where’s the Revenue? Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, “Economic Downturn and Bush Policies...” (May 10, 2011) Table 1, 2013 estimated value

Save Social Security— Scrap the Cap! Source: SSA Annual Statistical Supplement, 2010, Table 4.B4

What do we have?

 Big country  Modest sized government  Small tax burden  The reckless aughts gave us  Massive tax cuts  Unfunded wars  Wall Street speculators

What do we need?  Wind down the war  Eliminate the Bush Tax cuts  Raise taxes on the 1%  Put people back to work  Save Social Security— Scrap the cap