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How are Federal Tax Dollars Spent?
From an article in Parade, Sunday, March 16, 2008 -- parade.com
"Total estimated federal spending for 2008 will be about $2.93 trillion, a 7% increase over last year". Where/for what does the money go? Here's a partial listing:
Consumer & Occupational
Health and Safety-- $3.1 billion
Federal Prison System-- $6.2 billion
Disaster Relief & Insurance -- $12 billion
Int'l Development & Humanitarian Aid-- $14.3 billion
Nat'l Institutes of Health -- $28.6 billion
Food & Nutrition Assistance -- $60.2 billion
Homeland Security -- $64.9 billion
Medicare -- $396 billion
Military Spending -- $583 billion
Social Security -- $615 billion
You can find the rest of the Federal budget at parade.com.
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