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Maybe if more Americans knew how much we were spending on war they would be less inclined to support it. "Death and Taxes" is a well-known and clear infographic
by il 16y ago
Maybe if more Americans knew how much we were spending on war they would be less inclined to support it. "Death and Taxes" is a well-known and clear infographic of government spending:
http://www.wallstats.com/deathandtaxes/ http://www.wallstats.com/deathandtaxes/
It shows military and security spending as 63% of the 2011 budget(895 billion).
The discussion here seems mostly about the income tax, so I'm focusing on that.
I'm not morally opposed to paying taxes to live in a civilized society. I AM opposed to two thirds of my money being spent on instruments of death and building up the American war machine.
- DannoHung 16y ago63% of the discretionary budget. If you look at non-discretionary spending as well, you'll see that it's like.. less than 20% of the money spent.
- il 16y agoRight, all I was saying is that the majority of the _income tax_ you pay goes to military spending. I'm not counting FICA, as nobody is discussing raising or lower those taxes.