Share the Wealth: How the US govt spends our tax dollars

The United States government is expected to receive 1.8 trillion dollars in tax revenue in 2001. After the government spends this initial amount on various federal agencies and programs, they decide how to use the remaining budget. They have estimated a 184 billion dollar surplus this coming year. All of this spending can be put into nine categories: Social Security, Non-Defense Discretionary Spending, Defense Discretionary Spending, Medicare, Net Interest, Medicaid, other Means-Tested Entitlements, and other Mandatory Spending. Starting …

…so much in them they don’t know what to do with it. The wealth of the country should be used to prop up its base by eliminating poverty and reducing the national debt. Although there are good parts to the current budget, it needs to be rethought entirely, taking the above-mentioned issues into more consideration. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** 1) www.gpo.gov 2) www.senate.gov 3) www.prospect.org 4) Sloan, Allan. “The Surplus Fantasy” Newsweek. October 9, 2000: 36-37.