I have received a few clips of this guys (10000 Pennies) emails and I have just loved them. He makes economics simple to understand and puts it into practical terms for even the simplest of children to understand. Rather than given each link it's own post, I combined them all in one place here for you.
He takes very complicated mathematical information and breaks it down into numbers that you and I can understand. I know you will learn from these demonstrations and I encourage you to get your kiddos to watch too. This is their future that they are inheriting and I think they will be concerned when they watch this!
Federal Budget Freeze: What does the Federal Budget freeze look like? Obama Budget Freezes Much Domestic Spending. January 30, 2010
Congressional Budget Office (CBO): "as it is written": CBO Predicts Health Reform Deficit Happiness? Maybe Not! December 22, 2009
Federal Budget - Discretionary and Mandatory: How to balance the Obama Budget. Discretionary spending is the only spending that congress can change. Mandatory spending is set in stone and can only be changed by changing the programs it funds. Some of these programs are: Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and payments on the National Debt. September 10, 2009
Tale of Two States and their Health care: Obama Health Reform and Wait Times Visualization (in Lego!). July 03, 2009
Michael Steal: (head of RNC) invites 10,000 Pennies to Washington DC. 10,000 Pennies said yes. June 11, 2009
The Obama Stimulus:* Predictions vs. Reality - Obama Touts Job Creation from Stimulus Plan. We have lost 1 Million jobs with the stimulus than we would have lost if we had done nothing at all! June 07, 2009
Obama's $17 Billion Budget Cuts:* in Context. May 13, 2009
The National Debt Road Trip: The Great Road Trip, 1900-2016 -- Madison Square Garden to California. May 2009Obama Budget Cuts Visualization: Obama to order $100 Million in Budget Cuts. April 24, 2009
Political Math: - Political Information Visualization and Other Math-y Things
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