christine frizzle gets to the bottom of how everyday people would slice up the budget pie. to tell us how they think this country's money should be spent. >> how many pennies do i have here. >> you have 15. >> reporter: how do you spread the wealth? >> i think they're all important. >> social security, i'm 24 and i'm not going to have any. >> reporter: we combined healthcare, medcare, paying off debt, social security. >> i'm going to be pretty even because i think everything needs to be even. >> reporter: the winner may surprise you. >> education because i've been teaching for 24 years. >> reporter: do you think you made the right choices? >> yes. >> yes. >> reporter: many others agreed as well. >> i put five into education. >> education is the foundation of our country. >> reporter: education won hands down. here's a look at last year's actual federal budget. with more categories and distributed much differently. at a time when the way we spend our money is front and center. >> social security. >> reporter: a small glimpse at what those not from washington might do. all right. so it'