Your 2011 Federal Tax Receipt

Actually kind of fascinating.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/2011-taxreceipt

enter what you pay, it tells you where your money went...

an example (one of the prefab ones you can just click on... 80K income, married, two kids...)

Social Security Tax

$3,360.00

Social Security Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance

$3,360.00

Medicare Tax

$1,160.00

Medicare Hospital Insurance

$1,160.00

Income TaxCollapse All Sub-Categories

% of Total Income
Tax Payment

$4,590.00

National Defense

24.9%

$1,142.91

Military personnel salaries and benefits

5.8%

$266.22

Ongoing operations, equipment, and supplies

10.3%

$472.77

Research, development, weapons, and construction

7.9%

$362.61

Atomic energy defense activities

0.7%

$32.13

Defense-related FBI activities and additional national defense

0.2%

$9.18

Health care

23.7%

$1,087.83

Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

10.0%

$459.00

Medicare physician, prescription drug, and other payments

10.5%

$481.95

Health research and food safety

1.4%

$64.26

Disease control and public health services

0.8%

$36.72

COBRA tax credit and additional health care activities

0.9%

$41.31

Job and Family Security

19.1%

$876.69

Unemployment insurance

2.3%

$105.57

Food and nutrition assistance

3.7%

$169.83

Housing assistance

2.0%

$91.80

Earned income, Making Work Pay, and child tax credits

3.3%

$151.47

Supplemental Security Income

1.9%

$87.21

Federal military and civilian employee retirement and disability

4.4%

$201.96

Child care, foster care, and adoption support

0.6%

$27.54

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

0.7%

$32.13

Railroad retirement and additional income security

0.5%

$22.95

Education and Job Training

3.6%

$165.24

Elementary, secondary, and vocational education

2.4%

$110.16

Student financial aid for college

0.04%

$1.84

Job training and employment services

0.3%

$13.77

Employment training for people with disabilities and additional education and job services

0.9%

$41.31

Veterans Benefits

4.5%

$206.55

Income and housing support

2.1%

$96.39

Health care

1.8%

$82.62

Education, training, and additional veterans benefits

0.6%

$27.54

Natural Resources, Energy, and Environment

2.0%

$91.80

Water and land management

0.8%

$41.31

Energy supply and conservation

0.5%

$22.95

Environmental protection and other energy and natural resources

0.7%

$32.13

International Affairs

1.6%

$73.44

Development and humanitarian assistance

0.8%

$36.72

Security assistance

0.4%

$18.36

Foreign affairs, embassies, and additional international affairs

0.4%

$18.36

Science, Space, and Technology Programs

1.0%

$45.90

NASA

0.6%

$27.54

National Science Foundation and additional science research and laboratories

0.4%

$18.36

Immigration, Law Enforcement, and Administration of Justice

2.0%

$91.80

Agriculture

0.7%

$32.13

Community, Area, and Regional Development

0.5%

$22.95

Response to Natural Disasters

0.4%

$18.36

Additional Government Programs

7.9%

$362.61

Net Interest

8.1%

$339.66

TOTAL INCOME AND PAYROLL TAXES YOU PAID

$9,110.00

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