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ISSUE GUIDES: Federal Budget

GET THE FACTS

  • Federal spending
  • Federal spending as a percentage of the economy
  • Federal deficit/surplus
  • Federal deficit/surplus as percentage of economy
  • Federal debt
  • Federal debt as percentage of economy
  • Federal budget: revenue sources
  • Federal budget: expenditures
  • International spending
  • Defense spending
  • Social Security spending
  • Medicare spending
  • Percentage of budget spent on individual benefits
  • Top federal tax rates
  • Top earners pay proportionately more federal income taxes
  • International tax burdens
  • What states give to and get from the federal government