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Re:The Angry Rich by il on Monday September 20, 2010 @03:09PM (#1710105)
Maybe if more Americans knew how much we were spending on war they would be less inclined to support it. "Death and Taxes" is a well-known and clear infographic of government spending: http://www.wallstats.com/deathandtaxes/

It shows military and security spending as 63% of the 2011 budget(895 billion).

The discussion here seems mostly about the income tax, so I'm focusing on that. I'm not morally opposed to paying taxes to live in a civilized society. I AM opposed to two thirds of my money being spent on instruments of death and building up the American war machine.

Re:The Angry Rich by DannoHung on Monday September 20, 2010 @03:15PM (#1710131)
63% of the discretionary budget.

If you look at non-discretionary spending as well, you'll see that it's like.. less than 20% of the money spent.

Re:The Angry Rich by il on Monday September 20, 2010 @04:31PM (#1710393)
Right, all I was saying is that the majority of the _income tax_ you pay goes to military spending. I'm not counting FICA, as nobody is discussing raising or lower those taxes.