Will Any Conservative Sites Link To This? Fat Chance!

Will any conservative sites link to this at the White House website? Fat chance. Conservatives depend on people remaining ignorant of where tax dollars are actually spent.

Your 2010 Federal Taxpayer Receipt | The White House offers a breakdown of where your tax money is spent. At the site you can drill down into each of these to see details.

National Defense 26.3% (Note that Veterans funding is broken out separately. I combine them in the chart.)

Health Care 24.3%

Job and Family Security 21.9%

Education and Job Training 4.8%

Veterans Benefits 4.1%

Natural Resources, Energy and Environment 2.1%

International Affairs 1.7%

Science, Space, and Technology Programs 1.2%

Immigration, Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice 2.0%

Agriculture 0.8%

Community, Area, and Regional Development 0.5%

Response to Natural Disasters 0.4%

Additional Government Programs 2.4%

Net Interest 7.4% (Note that they use net, which subtracts interest received, instead if how much we pay out on the Reagan/Bush debt, which is approx twice as much.)

Social Security is separate and self-funded.

I made a pie chart: (click for larger)

To fix the budget deficit:

1) Fix the hole in revenue by putting top tax rates back to where they were before Reagan.

2) Cut military spending. We spend more than all other countries combined.

3) Fix the health care cost problem. We spend much more per person than other countries. You know why.

4) Much of that big “Job and Family Security” slice goes away if you create jobs.