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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
Accelerating Achievement and Ensuring Equity Agency: Department of Education Bureau: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$25.9B $15.9B $15.1B	73.1% -38.4% -5.3%
Special Education Agency: Department of Education Bureau: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$23B $12.6B $12B	118.2% -45.4% -4.6%
Education Improvement Programs Agency: Department of Education Bureau: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$5.8B $5.2B $3.6B	10.0% -10.4% -31.7%
Career, Technical and Adult Education Agency: Department of Education Bureau: Office of Vocational and Adult Education	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$1.9B $2B $1.9B	0.2% 3.6% -3.6%
Innovation and Instructional Teams Agency: Department of Education Bureau: Office of Innovation and Improvement	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$1.2B $1.4B $6.3B	21.4% 16.1% 355.7%
Impact Aid Agency: Department of Education Bureau: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$1.4B $1.3B $1.3B	10.1% -6.6% 0.0%
Mandatory Education Funding Agency: Department of Education Bureau: Office of Postsecondary Education	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$0 $1B $1B	0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Operation of Indian Programs Agency: Department of the Interior Bureau: Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$716M $799M $805M	6.6% 11.6% 0.8%
English Learner Education Agency: Department of Education Bureau: Office of English Language Acquisition	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$730M $750M $800M	4.3% 2.7% 6.7%
Supporting Student Success Agency: Department of Education Bureau: Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$690M $393M $1.8B	-0.6% -43.0% 354.4%
Indian Student Education Agency: Department of Education Bureau: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$122M $127M $127M	1.7% 4.1% 0.0%
Federal Payment for School Improvement Agency: District of Columbia Bureau: District of Columbia General and Special Payments	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$54M $74M $52M	31.7% 37.0% -29.7%
American Printing House for the Blind Agency: Department of Education Bureau: Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$23M $25M $25M	4.6% 8.7% 0.0%
Federal Payment to Jump Start Public School Reform Agency: District of Columbia Bureau: District of Columbia General and Special Payments	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$20M $0 $20M	0.0% -100.0% 0.0%
State Fiscal Stabilization Fund, Recovery Act Agency: Department of Education Bureau: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	2009 2010 2011	- - -	$53.6B $0 $0	0.0% -100.0% 0.0%