Some people think the federal government should give them a receipt for their income taxes to show where all that money went. While you may not get a receipt from the IRS any time soon, National Priorities Project went ahead and wrote one up. This receipt shows where your $50,000.00 in Federal Income Taxes was spent by the government in fiscal year 2011.
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Federal Income Tax Receipt | |
| Military | $13,500.00 |
| * Includes $341.38 for Nuclear Weapons | |
| Medicare and Health | $10,700.00 |
| * Includes $0.62 for Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program | |
| Social Security, Unemployment and Labor | $6,100.00 |
| * Includes $296.41 for TANF (Welfare) | |
| Government | $2,250.00 |
| * Includes $15.74 for Postal Service | |
| Veterans Benefits | $2,200.00 |
| * Includes $182.75 for Education, Training, and Rehab for Veterans | |
| Food and Agriculture | $2,150.00 |
| * Includes $1,344.48 for SNAP (Food Stamps) | |
| Housing and Community | $1,950.00 |
| * Includes $175.98 for Disaster Relief | |
| Education | $1,250.00 |
| * Includes $7.54 for Corporation for Public Broadcasting | |
| Energy and Environment | $950.00 |
| * Includes $116.65 for Energy Conservation | |
| Transportation | $650.00 |
| * Includes $5.30 for High Speed Rail | |
| International Affairs | $600.00 |
| * Includes $5.20 for Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria | |
| Science | $500.00 |
| * Includes $294.94 for Space Flight Research | |
| Interest on Debt | $7,249.00 |
| TOTAL | $50,000.00 |
Numbers may not add up due to rounding
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