Death and Taxes

Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. --Benjamin Franklin, in a letter to Jean-Baptiste Leroy (13 November 1789)

Death and Taxes (2007 ed.) is a "representational graph of the federal discretionary budget" (in essence, our federal income tax), created by Jess Bachman. Pictured above is a segment of the graph dealing with education. The graph is a fascinating visual display of quantitative information.