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__**Citation**__ "Where do my income tax dollars go?." Web. 5 Sept. 2012. 

__**Facts**__

1.Last year, the three biggest federal budget items were Social Security, health care and defense spending

2.not having health insurance, about $219.40 of every $1,000 of your taxes went to pay for health care last year.

3.The government stashes away cash for rainy days.

4. military spending. This includes a variety of defense costs, including salaries for the troops ($48.00); operating and maintenance costs ($76.70); “procurement” — which means stuff you bought ($33.80) — and research, development, test and evaluation of all those things you bought ($25.80).

5.Workers training programs cost $2.70 and social services related to education and training cost another $6.20.

6.The government also spent a few of your tax dollars on agriculture ($9.80) and the environment ($12.40). So call it $22.20 for landscaping and gardening 7.Total spending for the administration of justice came to $15.40, including federal law enforcement ($7.50), and maintaining the federal courts ($3.80) and federal prisons ($2.30).

8. The amount of money going to aid and to other countries is not that large.

9.Not all the money that the government is spending is all your income tax money.

10.Transportation costs ate up $26.50 per thousand in federal spending, including $17.00 for ground transportation; $6.80 for air travel and $2.50 for water transport.

11. A small amount of money the government spent on agriculture.

12.Last year, they’ve devoted $3.40 to general science and basic research. Another $5.50 went to pay for the space program.

13.The average person spends $15.00 on elementary and secondary schools

14. Most money the government takes is "off budget"

15.largest amount of money goes to Social Security, health care and defense spending