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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!