Chart of the day

Probably posted this one (or something like it) before, but, unfortunately, certainly points just really need to be repeated until conservatives get them through their skulls (not that liberals are probably much more enlightened on this one).  Anyway, was listening to Dianne Rehm this morning when a caller suggested we just needed to cut off the foreign aid to solve our budget problems.  Hello?!!  It’s <1% of the budget.  I’m just really tired of the ignorance on this issue.  At least I can count on 150 NCSU students a year knowing better.  Here’s the chart I always like to show them from the CBPP:

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