WHERE DO YOUR TAX DOLLARS GO?

[Jcrowley]

Editor's Note

The following report by the National Priorities Project (NPP) shows how the surge in military spending in recent years is leading to the demise of State supported social programs in America.

More than a quarter of what you pay in taxes goes to finance Washington's military adventure in the Middle East and the deployment, around the World, of an extensive arsenal of weapons of mass destruction.

These figures do not include the various black budgets allocated to the mliary and intelligence apparatus, which do not appear in US public accounts.

The surge in defense hits Education. For every dollar spent on education, more than five dollars are spent on what is euphemistically referred to "defense".

http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=20070409&articleId=5307

WHERE DO YOUR TAX DOLLARS GO?
THE UNITED STATES April 2007

Military, health and interest on the debt consume two-thirds of every income tax dollar.



The median income family in the United States paid $3,736 in federal income taxes in 2006 . Here is how that amount was spent:
Military $1,014
Interest on the Debt (Military) $340
Interest on the Debt (Non-Military) $385
Health $779
Income Security $224
Education $169
Veterans' Benefits $125
Nutrition $98
Housing $70
Natural Resources $57
Job Training $11
Other $463

http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=285

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