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"How Government Spends Your Taxes." Web. 6 Sept. 2012. .

1.The burden of government overall has remained relatively flat since 1970 2.On average, about two-thirds of your taxes went to Uncle Sam last year and the rest went to your state, county or other local government 3.The biggest government bill last year was for a category called “income security 4.Education is the second largest tax holder. 5.Some government programs are easier to value than others. A benefits check from the Social Security Administration has a pretty clear value. 6.Tallying the cost of the Iraq war raises one of the thorniest issues of the way the government accounts for your money. . 7.For a true accounting of your tax burden, you also need to consider the benefits you get from government for taxes you don’t pay. 8. A person who looks at the pie chart of where the spending goes is going to miss the other ways in which we subsidize or incentivize other types of activity 9.Depending on which agency is doing the accounting, you can find out how much has been authorized, how much has been actually spent and what the estimated total cost will be. 10.the cost of the Iraq war had pushed that back as of 2006 to 13.2 percent of all federal, state and local government spending. 11.Keeping our country — and your neighborhood — safe cost almost $200 a week, including national defense ($132), along with spending on “public order and safety” ($65), which included police ($27), prisons ($18), courts ($12) and fighting fires ($8). 12.To make up the difference, state and federal treasuries filled in the gap by selling more debt — roughly the same as you or me using our credit cards. 13. The government has hidden a lot of things from the public about spending. 14.The burden of government overall has remained relatively flat since 1970 15. General public service-the cost of government itself