Sunday, February 18, 2007

41% Percent of Your 2006 Taxes Go to War

Issues: Budget Priorities and Tax Policy




Updated: 2/15/2007Posted: 2/15/2007

This chart shows FCNL's calculations of how much of your 2006 tax dollars go to pay for current and past military activities.

2006
(In millions of dollars)

2006 Percent
(Of federal funds budget)

Current Military Spending

571,558

28%

Cost of Past Wars

263,542

13%

Total Percent

41%

Interest on Non-Military Share of Federal Debt

211,462

10%

Health Research & Services

393,547

19%

Responses to Poverty

241,012

12%

General Government

84,609

4%

Community & Economic Development

112,125

5%

Social Programs

97,716

5%

Science, Energy, & Environment

50,815

2%

Non-Military International Programs

29,764

1%


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