Tax Tracker : See Where Your Taxes Go

michelleelise

Happy Tax Day, everyone

Here's a tool that breaks down where your tax dollars went....

http://www.investorguide.com/taxtrackr/



I'm guessing that Iraq and Afghanistan are the Military-Discretionary (rather than Military-Mandatory which seems like it'd be the baseline operations that keep the military running even in peace time). But I'm not sure.

I'm unhappy that I spent $61 on "Unemployment Insurance" and I'm not even eligible for it because I'm self-employed. I desperately needed it last year and I've certainly been paying into it for 20 years. :evil: But that's a whole other rant

mikepegg44

michelle822 wrote:

Happy Tax Day, everyone

Here's a tool that breaks down where your tax dollars went....

http://www.investorguide.com/taxtrackr/



I'm guessing that Iraq and Afghanistan are the Military-Discretionary (rather than Military-Mandatory which seems like it'd be the baseline operations that keep the military running even in peace time). But I'm not sure.

I'm unhappy that I spent $61 on "Unemployment Insurance" and I'm not even eligible for it because I'm self-employed. I desperately needed it last year and I've certainly been paying into it for 20 years. :evil: But that's a whole other rant

that is pretty cool, thanks for that.

michelleelise

I found some more info on the Military - Discretionary budget, where 33% of my dollars went. Turns out that those numbers don't even include Iraq and Afghanistan

"The recent invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan were largely funded through supplementary spending bills outside the Federal Budget, so they are not included in the military budget figures listed below"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_b ... ted_States

Jason P

I know where $1,500 of mine went while using H&R's instant return status . . . my local school district. Those little fuckers better be studying their asses off!