Where your tax dollars are going...
Taxpayer receipt
Here is a taxpayer's receipt for household with $50,000 income Federal tax/FICA paid: $6,883
Itemization of 2010 federal budget expenditures*
Defense: $1,375 Social Security: $1,335 Medicare: $846 Low-income assistance: $617 Medicaid: $509 Net interest payments: $433 Unemployment compensation: $363 Veterans Affairs: $230 Education: $211 Law enforcement/homeland security: $173 Transportation: $168 Health (not Medicare and Medicaid): $137 Environmental protection/natural resources: $72 Managing federal employees/buildings: $62 Agriculture: $57 CREDIT Bailout payback/financial regulation/currency: $156 |
Space/science: $50
Housing/community planning: $48 Trade/economic development: $43 Foreign aid: $43 Social services: $41 Energy: $38 Workplace safety/rights: $37 Internal Revenue Service: $28 Diplomacy/embassies: $27 Statistics/weather: $26 Telecommunications: $21 Native Americans: $16 Post office: $12 Congress: $10 Arts and culture: $5 District of Columbia: $2 White House: $1 |
*Note: Dollar figures break down the family's total bill
according to the percentage that each item takes up in the federal
budget. The Social Security figure represents that percentage, not
individual contributions to the program.
Now, want to calculate your actual expenditures based on the taxes you've just paid? Go!
Now, want to calculate your actual expenditures based on the taxes you've just paid? Go!