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This is your federal budget. We think it's hard to relate to "billions" and "trillions", so we break it down by how much you pay in taxes.

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By Function \| By Organization	My Cost	Total	Change
Total Federal Budget	-	$3600.6B	-11.7%
+ Social Security	-	$723.5B	4.9%
Social security	-	$723.5B	4.9%
+ National Defense	-	$722.1B	3.5%
Department of Defense-Military	-	$696.9B	4.4%
Atomic energy defense activities	-	$17.8B	-22.7%
Defense-related activities	-	$7.4B	2.4%
+ Income Security	-	$664.6B	8.8%
Unemployment compensation	-	$193.9B	51.9%
Other income security	-	$180.5B	13.6%
Federal employee retirement and disability	-	$122.7B	2.7%
Food and nutrition assistance	-	$95.2B	13.9%
Housing assistance	-	$64.1B	-39.8%
General retirement and disability insurance (excluding social security)	-	$8.2B	-43.6%
+ Medicare	-	$462.1B	5.7%
Medicare	-	$462.1B	5.7%
+ Health	-	$386.4B	3.4%
Health care services	-	$349.9B	7.0%
Health research and training	-	$32.1B	-24.4%
Consumer and occupational health and safety	-	$4.4B	10.2%
+ Net Interest	-	$187.8B	0.5%
Interest on Treasury debt securities (gross)	-	$425.1B	11.0%
Other investment and income	-	$-558M	-259.9%
Other interest	-	$-45.4B	203.4%
Interest received by on-budget trust funds	-	$-73B	14.8%
Interest received by off-budget trust funds	-	$-118.4B	0.4%
+ Veterans Benefits and Services	-	$125B	28.9%
Income security for veterans	-	$62.9B	40.6%
Hospital and medical care for veterans	-	$47.1B	7.8%
Veterans education, training, and rehabilitation	-	$8.5B	124.9%
Other veterans benefits and services	-	$6B	12.2%
Veterans housing	-	$558M	-200.4%
+ Transportation	-	$93.7B	-25.1%
Ground transportation	-	$61.5B	-32.7%
Air transportation	-	$21.6B	-7.4%
Water transportation	-	$10.1B	2.9%
Other transportation	-	$413M	2.7%
+ Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services	-	$91.9B	-45.1%
Elementary, secondary, and vocational education	-	$41.6B	-63.9%
Higher education	-	$18.5B	53.1%
Social services	-	$17.7B	-22.5%
Training and employment	-	$8.5B	-28.4%
Research and general education aids	-	$3.8B	-2.2%
Other labor services	-	$1.9B	6.3%
+ International Affairs	-	$67.4B	6.3%
International development and humanitarian assistance	-	$31.3B	24.0%
Conduct of foreign affairs	-	$16.2B	13.0%
International financial programs	-	$12.8B	14.2%
International security assistance	-	$5.5B	-50.4%
Foreign information and exchange activities	-	$1.6B	8.8%
+ Allowances	-	$60.5B	0.0%
Jobs bill	-	$50B	0.0%
Health reform	-	$5.5B	0.0%
Future Disaster Costs	-	$5B	0.0%
+ Administration of Justice	-	$53.5B	-5.6%
Federal law enforcement activities	-	$28.2B	-0.4%
Federal litigative and judicial activities	-	$13B	0.9%
Federal correctional activities	-	$7.6B	1.3%
Criminal justice assistance	-	$4.6B	-41.4%
+ Natural Resources and Environment	-	$39.5B	-31.1%
Conservation and land management	-	$12.3B	1.7%
Pollution control and abatement	-	$10.4B	-30.6%
Other natural resources	-	$6.6B	-7.0%
Water resources	-	$6.5B	-66.0%
Recreational resources	-	$3.8B	-9.9%
+ General Science, Space, and Technology	-	$31B	-11.4%
Space flight, research, and supporting activities	-	$18.2B	0.5%
General science and basic research	-	$12.8B	-24.3%
+ General Government	-	$29B	-4.0%
Central fiscal operations	-	$12.5B	1.1%
General purpose fiscal assistance	-	$6.7B	64.6%
Other general government	-	$5.1B	51.0%
Legislative functions	-	$4.2B	2.8%
General property and records management	-	$1B	-84.5%
Executive direction and management	-	$592M	5.9%
Central personnel management	-	$203M	8.0%
Deductions for offsetting receipts	-	$-1.4B	35.7%
+ Agriculture	-	$25.4B	5.3%
Farm income stabilization	-	$20.3B	5.7%
Agricultural research and services	-	$5.2B	3.7%
+ Community and Regional Development	-	$19.9B	-16.3%
Disaster relief and insurance	-	$10.8B	46.2%
Community development	-	$6B	-27.7%
Area and regional development	-	$3.1B	-62.0%
+ Energy	-	$8.8B	-79.4%
Energy supply	-	$6.9B	-62.3%
Energy conservation	-	$1.1B	-95.2%
Energy information, policy, and regulation	-	$557M	-20.0%
Emergency energy preparedness	-	$255M	18.6%
+ Undistributed Offsetting Receipts	-	$-79.7B	-13.9%
Other undistributed offsetting receipts	-	$-391M	-97.7%
Rents and royalties on the Outer Continental Shelf	-	$-3.5B	-33.2%
Employer share, employee retirement (off-budget)	-	$-14.9B	5.0%
Employer share, employee retirement (on-budget)	-	$-60.9B	7.9%
+ Commerce and Housing Credit	-	$-111.8B	-124.8%

Discretionary Spending

Mandatory Spending

Interest Spending

Account		My Cost	Total	Change
Salaries and Expenses Agency: Department of Transportation Bureau: Office of the Secretary	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$98M $103M $125M	6.5% 5.1% 21.4%
Salaries and Expenses Agency: Misc Agencies Bureau: National Transportation Safety Board	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$90M $98M $100M	7.1% 8.9% 2.0%
Pipeline Safety Agency: Department of Transportation Bureau: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$75M $87M $93M	23.0% 16.0% 6.9%
Salaries and Expenses Agency: Department of Transportation Bureau: Office of Inspector General	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$93M $77M $82M	40.9% -17.2% 6.5%
Hazardous Materials Safety Agency: Department of Transportation Bureau: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$32M $38M $40M	14.3% 18.8% 5.3%
Emergency Preparedness Grants Agency: Department of Transportation Bureau: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$26M $28M $28M	-3.7% 7.7% 0.0%
Operational Expenses Agency: Department of Transportation Bureau: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$18M $20M $22M	0.0% 11.1% 10.0%
Trust Fund Share of Pipeline Safety Agency: Department of Transportation Bureau: Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$19M $19M $19M	0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Transportation Planning, Research, and Development Agency: Department of Transportation Bureau: Office of the Secretary	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$18M $18M $10M	28.6% 0.0% -44.4%
Research and Development Agency: Department of Transportation Bureau: Research and Innovative Technology Administration	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$13M $13M $17M	8.3% 0.0% 30.8%
Office of Civil Rights Agency: Department of Transportation Bureau: Office of the Secretary	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$9M $10M $10M	0.0% 11.1% 0.0%
Financial Management Capital Agency: Department of Transportation Bureau: Office of the Secretary	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$5M $5M $21M	0.0% 0.0% 320.0%
Minority Business Outreach Agency: Department of Transportation Bureau: Office of the Secretary	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$3M $3M $3M	0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Minority Business Resource Center Program Agency: Department of Transportation Bureau: Office of the Secretary	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$1M $1M $1M	0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Hazardous Materials Transportation Registration, Filing, and Permit Fees, Administrative Costs Agency: Department of Transportation Bureau: Department of Transportation	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$-1M $-1M $-1M	0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
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