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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	-	$3721.6B	0.8%
+ Social Security	-	$771B	4.4%
Social security	-	$771B	4.4%
+ National Defense	-	$646.6B	-12.5%
Department of Defense-Military	-	$620.5B	-12.9%
Atomic energy defense activities	-	$19B	1.1%
Defense-related activities	-	$7.1B	-6.4%
+ Income Security	-	$558.5B	-5.0%
Other income security	-	$186B	-2.8%
Federal employee retirement and disability	-	$129.4B	2.8%
Food and nutrition assistance	-	$109.3B	0.5%
Unemployment compensation	-	$81.7B	-23.3%
Housing assistance	-	$43.8B	-8.2%
General retirement and disability insurance (excluding social security)	-	$8.3B	2.3%
+ Medicare	-	$507.5B	2.0%
Medicare	-	$507.5B	2.0%
+ Health	-	$372.8B	-2.2%
Health care services	-	$336.8B	-2.0%
Health research and training	-	$31.6B	-4.7%
Consumer and occupational health and safety	-	$4.5B	-3.1%
+ Net Interest	-	$342.9B	36.8%
Interest on Treasury debt securities (gross)	-	$607.2B	21.6%
Other investment and income	-	$-912M	6.2%
Other interest	-	$-64.3B	17.5%
Interest received by on-budget trust funds	-	$-76.8B	4.2%
Interest received by off-budget trust funds	-	$-122.3B	2.7%
+ Veterans Benefits and Services	-	$128.7B	5.5%
Income security for veterans	-	$57.9B	6.0%
Hospital and medical care for veterans	-	$53B	4.9%
Veterans education, training, and rehabilitation	-	$10.8B	3.7%
Other veterans benefits and services	-	$6.7B	2.7%
Veterans housing	-	$362M	-2513.3%
+ Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services	-	$117.7B	3.4%
Elementary, secondary, and vocational education	-	$45.2B	0.8%
Higher education	-	$39.1B	10.0%
Social services	-	$19.5B	2.3%
Training and employment	-	$8B	-4.6%
Research and general education aids	-	$3.8B	-2.2%
Other labor services	-	$2B	-4.6%
+ Transportation	-	$91.9B	0.4%
Ground transportation	-	$58.4B	0.9%
Air transportation	-	$22.9B	-1.4%
Water transportation	-	$10.2B	2.0%
Other transportation	-	$458M	-4.4%
+ International Affairs	-	$69.8B	6.8%
International development and humanitarian assistance	-	$39.3B	21.2%
Conduct of foreign affairs	-	$15.9B	1.4%
International security assistance	-	$8.3B	2.0%
International financial programs	-	$4.7B	-37.2%
Foreign information and exchange activities	-	$1.6B	1.9%
+ Administration of Justice	-	$60.5B	8.4%
Federal law enforcement activities	-	$29.5B	1.6%
Federal litigative and judicial activities	-	$13.4B	-3.4%
Criminal justice assistance	-	$9.5B	111.0%
Federal correctional activities	-	$8B	-4.3%
+ Natural Resources and Environment	-	$38.4B	-0.5%
Conservation and land management	-	$11.9B	1.4%
Pollution control and abatement	-	$9.5B	-5.8%
Other natural resources	-	$7.5B	4.3%
Water resources	-	$5.7B	-1.6%
Recreational resources	-	$3.9B	0.0%
+ General Science, Space, and Technology	-	$32B	1.8%
Space flight, research, and supporting activities	-	$17.9B	0.0%
General science and basic research	-	$14.2B	4.1%
+ General Government	-	$27.9B	3.2%
Central fiscal operations	-	$13.1B	1.0%
General purpose fiscal assistance	-	$8.4B	13.6%
Legislative functions	-	$4.4B	-3.9%
Other general government	-	$1.5B	-1.0%
General property and records management	-	$1B	-4.4%
Executive direction and management	-	$585M	-4.3%
Central personnel management	-	$189M	-4.6%
Deductions for offsetting receipts	-	$-1.4B	0.0%
+ Community and Regional Development	-	$21.7B	4.9%
Area and regional development	-	$7.9B	15.8%
Disaster relief and insurance	-	$7.7B	2.6%
Community development	-	$6.1B	-4.2%
+ Agriculture	-	$16.2B	-34.3%
Farm income stabilization	-	$11.4B	-42.2%
Agricultural research and services	-	$4.9B	-3.1%
+ Commerce and Housing Credit	-	$9.6B	-172.1%
Other advancement of commerce	-	$16.2B	5.0%
Deposit insurance	-	$6.2B	-161.2%
Postal service	-	$-5.5B	376.6%
Mortgage credit	-	$-7.2B	-58.7%
+ Energy	-	$8.9B	-10.9%
Energy supply	-	$6.9B	-13.5%
Energy conservation	-	$1.3B	-4.2%
Energy information, policy, and regulation	-	$529M	-3.6%
Emergency energy preparedness	-	$212M	41.3%
+ Allowances	-	$-11.2B	610.7%
Future Disaster Costs	-	$5B	0.0%
Asset limit reform	-	$813M	90.8%
Health reform	-	$-17B	142.9%
+ Undistributed Offsetting Receipts	-	$-89.7B	-0.8%

Discretionary Spending

Mandatory Spending

Interest Spending

Account		My Cost	Total	Change
Federal Old-age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund Agency: Misc Agencies Bureau: Social Security Administration	2011 2012 2013	- - -	$600.6B $627.1B $662.1B	3.6% 4.4% 5.6%
Interest on Treasury Debt Securities (gross) Agency: Department of the Treasury Bureau: Interest on the Public Debt	2011 2012 2013	- - -	$291.4B $390.9B $489B	31.9% 34.1% 25.1%
Grants to States for Medicaid Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Bureau: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	2011 2012 2013	- - -	$285.2B $276.4B $294.8B	-2.6% -3.1% 6.7%
Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Bureau: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	2011 2012 2013	- - -	$266.3B $274.8B $299.3B	6.8% 3.2% 8.9%
Payments to Health Care Trust Funds Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Bureau: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	2011 2012 2013	- - -	$247.4B $265.8B $298B	7.6% 7.5% 12.1%
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Bureau: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	2011 2012 2013	- - -	$244.9B $256.9B $285.4B	11.0% 4.9% 11.1%
Interest Paid to Trust Fund Receipt Accounts - Shadow Account Agency: Department of the Treasury Bureau: Interest on the Public Debt	2011 2012 2013	- - -	$192.3B $198.6B $208.8B	0.8% 3.3% 5.1%
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund Agency: Misc Agencies Bureau: Social Security Administration	2011 2012 2013	- - -	$131B $137.3B $142.5B	4.8% 4.8% 3.8%
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Agency: Department of Agriculture Bureau: Food and Nutrition Service	2011 2012 2013	- - -	$80.1B $79.4B $77.2B	16.6% -0.9% -2.8%
Unemployment Trust Fund Agency: Department of Labor Bureau: Employment and Training Administration	2011 2012 2013	- - -	$102.2B $77.2B $72.7B	-43.3% -24.4% -5.9%
Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund Agency: Misc Agencies Bureau: Office of Personnel Management	2011 2012 2013	- - -	$72.4B $75.1B $78.3B	3.2% 3.7% 4.2%
Medicare Prescription Drug Account, Federal Supplementary Insurance Trust Fund Agency: Department of Health and Human Services Bureau: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services	2011 2012 2013	- - -	$66.8B $64.6B $74.6B	13.6% -3.3% 15.5%
Payment to Military Retirement Fund Agency: Other Defense Civil Programs Bureau: Military Retirement	2011 2012 2013	- - -	$61.3B $63.6B $66B	4.6% 3.8% 3.8%
Military Retirement Fund Agency: Other Defense Civil Programs Bureau: Military Retirement	2011 2012 2013	- - -	$51.9B $52.9B $54.6B	1.8% 1.9% 3.2%
Compensation Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Bureau: Benefits Programs	2011 2012 2013	- - -	$48.7B $51.2B $55B	-14.9% 5.2% 7.4%
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