The American Government Thanks'you......right ?

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  • Go Beavers
    Go Beavers Posts: 9,670
    When did 'most' become less than half?
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    My take is that collecting taxes is not the problem. Using them wisely- aye, there's the rub.
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  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    brianlux said:

    My take is that collecting taxes is not the problem. Using them wisely- aye, there's the rub.

    agreed !

    Godfather.

  • Godfather.
    Godfather. Posts: 12,504
    Go Beavers said:

    When did 'most' become less than half?

    The federal government collected $1,476,218,000,000 in the first half of fiscal year 2016. Most of the $1.48 trillion came from individual income taxes, which comprised almost half of that total, totaling $675 billion.......close enough.

    all that money and this country is in debt, time to tally up the receipts and make better decisions with America's money and stop raising taxes to off set the mistakes and sloppy spending by our government.

    Godfather.

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,778
    Give me the money. I promise I will spend it wisely, not selfishly!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 45,220
    we know basically what the budgets are for most of government. except the congressional budget.
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  • callen
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    Hmmm wonder yearly spend on defense including VA and benefits. There's a chunk. But let's kill some Evildoers.
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  • mickeyrat
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    callen said:

    Hmmm wonder yearly spend on defense including VA and benefits. There's a chunk. But let's kill some Evildoers.

    I have a bigger problem with DoD budgeting and the obscene cost over runs on this new gotta have it toys than I am with benefits and the VA.

    A much better job of targeting waste can be done in this area alone, that would fund soem of the better social programs being proposed of late and since Obama took office. As well as infrastructure. With some left over to pay down the debt.
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  • Go Beavers
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    callen said:

    Hmmm wonder yearly spend on defense including VA and benefits. There's a chunk. But let's kill some Evildoers.

    It looks like about $600 billion on defense, and an additional $180 billion on veterans.
  • callen
    callen Posts: 6,388
    mickeyrat said:

    callen said:

    Hmmm wonder yearly spend on defense including VA and benefits. There's a chunk. But let's kill some Evildoers.

    I have a bigger problem with DoD budgeting and the obscene cost over runs on this new gotta have it toys than I am with benefits and the VA.

    A much better job of targeting waste can be done in this area alone, that would fund soem of the better social programs being proposed of late and since Obama took office. As well as infrastructure. With some left over to pay down the debt.
    Mickey in no way was I saying we should cut services for our wounded military. The opposite.

    Was referring to the costs due to politicians putting our soldiers at risk.

    Just wanted total costs for our war mongering included, not just for all the hardware.
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