Learn how the federal government spends your income tax dollars, how the tax dollars of the average household are spent in your state (and selected cities and counties), and how your taxes might be spent differently (with trade-offs and the like) by reading the National Priorities Project’s tax day release "Where do your tax dollars go?"

First, GPRA, then PART, and now PAR - government performance measures continue to multiply. More alarming is their morphing from bipartisan efforts that had a role for both the executive and legislative branches; to performance measures dictated by the executive branch in order to control spending to support political objectives.

The economy added 308,000 new jobs in March, announced the Labor Department on Friday. The strong jobs number came largely due to the service sector which added 230,000 new jobs, while the manufacturing sector continues to struggle with no net new jobs in March.