FOX News has once again put up their "It's All Your Money Tax Calculator" so you can figure out how much a particular budget item will cost you. You're invited to vote whether you approve or disapprove of the budget item. The topic up now is:
- Name: Non-Defense Energy Programs
Cost: $12,092,471,000*
Description: Obama's FY2012 budget includes $12.1 billion in spending on non-defense energy projects, boosting spending on clean energy programs and energy research. His 2012 budget includes $3.2 billion for energy efficiency and renewable energy programs (a 44% increase over current spending levels), $5.4 billion for research and development at the Office of Science (a 9% increase), and $550 million for the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (a 41% increase). Spending on fossil energy is cut 45%.
*Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy
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