The National government spends taxpayer's money on the war, repairing roads and bridges, the stimulus bill, health care, educational purposes, safety for our country, helps support companies and businesses, and to pay for Obama's pension.
For fiscal year 2012, the largest source of federal government spending was for entitlements such as health care and social security (social security also falls under pensions). These programs combined composed about 44% of the federal government's budget: Health care is 22% and pensions are 22%.
National defense comes in as the next largest source of spending at 24% of the budget, and is the largest individual section of the budget source of spending. (as opposed to combined 44% that entitlements makes)
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It spends money on roads, schools, public assistance, and daily operation of the government.
The Federal Gov. gets its money from the taxes we pay.
They usually spend it on various projects like fixing roads and paying the construction workers.
For starters, public schools.
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Social Security
Federal, state, and local governments represent the largest single business or organizational market.
The Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee is head of the committee hat supervises expenditures of the department of government with the largest budget. National defense funding makes up the largest portion of federal spending.
The four largest expenditures are Defense spending, Medicare, Social Security, and Interest payments on the national debt. These account for over two thirds of the entire federal budget.
consumption
increase taxes
yee haw!
The Federal and state governments both have the power to tax because they each have separate expenses in a budget. State governments tax to help pay for state programs. Federal governments tax to help pay for Federal programs.
yes, true
The five largest expense categories in a spending plan
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