"the budget if…" came out of conversations surrounding direct democracy and the moral connection between a citizen's tax dollars and how those same dollars are spent in the federal budget. Aren't we morally responsible for how are tax dollars are spent by our government? Why then doesn't the tax payer get to choose how their contributions are spent? This interactive info graphic lives on the web and allows users to explore the federal budget, choose how their personal tax dollars should be spent, and then see how their decisions and relate to actual federal spending.