What does the federal government spend your tax dollars on? Social insurance programs, mostly

[jmyrlefuller]

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/04/what-does-the-federal-government-spend-your-tax-dollars-on-social-insurance-programs-mostly/

by Drew DeSilver
Originally reposted April 4, 2017; reposted today (April 15, 2019)



In fiscal year 2016, which ended this past Sept. 30, the federal government spent just under $4 trillion, and about $2.7 trillion – more than two-thirds of the total – went for various kinds of social insurance (Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare, unemployment compensation, veterans benefits and the like). Another $604 billion, or 15.3% of total spending, went for national defense; net interest payments on government debt was about $240 billion, or 6.1%. Education aid and related social services were about $114 billion, or less than 3% of all federal spending. Everything else – crop subsidies, space travel, highway repairs, national parks, foreign aid and much, much more – accounted for the remaining 6%.

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[edpc]

What does the federal government spend your tax dollars on?


 Grammar lessons, apparently…....

[jmyrlefuller]

What does the federal government spend your tax dollars on?


 Grammar lessons, apparently…....

The preposition-at-the-end-of-a-sentence rule, inasmuch as it exists, does not apply to questions.

[Hoodat]

What does the federal government spend your tax dollars on? Social insurance programs, mostly

BS.  Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid aren't insurance programs.  They are 'entitlements'.  Every single dollar paid in federal income taxes goes toward a direct cash payment to another individual via some entitlement program.

[dfwgator]

BS.  Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid aren't insurance programs.  They are 'entitlements'.  Every single dollar paid in federal income taxes goes toward a direct cash payment to another individual via some entitlement program.

It's called "Bribing you with your own money."