Pie chart circulating on social media, received by PolitiFact Aug. 13, 2015 Office of Management and Budget, Table 5.3—Percentage Distribution of Budget Authority by Agency: 1976–2020 ...

In 1954, the non-military part of the budget was less than one-third of the total; today it accounts for 80 percent of the total. Take a look at the 1954 chart.

We can, however, give the world a thousand words' worth in an image, a pie chart to be exact. Our federal budget funds the wrong things. We want it to fund the right things.

President Obama’s budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2012 is an unabashed attempt to grow government and add $1 trillion to the national debt. While a detailed review of the flaws in the ...