Taxpayers can take stock of how the federal government spent their 2007 income tax dollars: over 40 percent went towards military spending, while education received just over 4 percent. This publication shows how the median income family's 2007 income tax dollars were spent for every state and 200 cities, towns and counties.

As the fifth anniversary of the Iraq War approaches on March 19th, the National Priorities Project takes stock of President Bush's spending priorities, examining the cost of the Iraq War, proposed budget cuts in domestic programs and the cost of keeping tax cuts for the wealthy. State-level publications are available.

The administration released its fiscal year 2009 $3 trillion budget request on Monday, February 5. An overview of the budget proposal along with state-level breakdowns on selected programs are available.

In spite of efforts by the Pentagon to aggressively recruit youth into the Army, the Army missed its benchmarks once again in 2007. NPP releases its analysis of 2007 recruiting and provides access to data by state, county and ZIP Code.

Congress and the administration failed to agree on budget priorities this year. While the President announced an escalation of the Iraq War and requested nearly $200 billion for war funding in fiscal year 2008 alone, Congress tried repeatedly to expand health care for children.

On December 26, President Bush signed the Consolidated Appropriations Bill passed by Congress the previous week. The Act wraps up the budget for fiscal year 2008 and provides an additional $70 billion for war.

On October 22, the administration submitted a request for a further $45.9 billion in war-related spending for fiscal year 2008. This request is on top of $147 billion already requested for the Department of Defense and $3.6 billion for other agencies for the fiscal year. If appropriated by Congress, the vast majority would be spent on Iraq. Total spending for the Iraq War would rise to approximately $611 billion.