Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/04/16/federal-income-tax-receipt-2012/
April 16, 2012 - ...federal tax dollars at work.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/04/16/where-do-your-tax-dollars-go/
April 16, 2012 - ...budgetary decisions made at the federal level anyway? We’ll find out this hour with Mattea Kramer, senior research analyst for the National Priorities Project which breaks down the budget process and ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/04/15/military-spending-is-misplaced-u-s-priority/
April 15, 2012 - ...federal budget goes to the Pentagon, the government's priorities are out of touch with the pressing problems facing its citizens.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/04/13/fifth-grader-says-im-mad-at-the-government/
April 13, 2012 - "If we had a trillion dollars," dream the youth of Bresee Community Center in Los Angeles, "we would buy materials to build homeless shelters, rehabilitation centers, skate parks and soccer fields."
Article - /pressroom/articles/2012/04/12/your-taxes-at-work-a-look-at-the-federal-governmen/
April 12, 2012 - ...federal budget information transparent and accessible so people can prioritize and influence how their tax dollars are spent.”
Blog - /blog/2012/04/11/tax-day-2012-those-pennies-add/
April 11, 2012 - ...federal income tax dollar went to the military, while ...
Video - /videos/2012/4/7/budget-brief-your-income-tax-receipt/
April 7, 2012 - Budget Brief - Your Income Tax Receipt Have you ever wanted a receipt for your federal income taxes? NPP executive director Jo Comerford explains where your taxes went. Get your own tax receipt here: ...
Blog - /blog/2012/04/03/pentagon-battles-healthcare-costs/
April 4, 2012 - ...budget request a political bombshell – increasing beneficiary contributions to its healthcare programs.The Defense Department’s healthcare network – known as TRICARE – provides...
Blog - /blog/2012/04/02/you-ask-we-answer-how-is-medicare-funded/
April 2, 2012 - Last week we received numerous questions about how Medicare is funded. The questions were brought on by the launch of Tax Day and confusion over why Social Security and Medicare showed up in charts on...
Video - /videos/2012/3/30/budget-brief-health-and-federal-spending/
March 30, 2012 - Budget Brief - Health and Federal Spending Senior research analyst Mattea Kramer examines federal health spending and Paul Ryan's budget plan. Budget Process, Health Care, Transparency & Data
Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/military/
March 29, 2012 - ...budget includes $525 billion for the Department of Defense. Adjusted for inflation, that’s 2.6 percent less than fiscal 2012 levels. That’s the first cut to the Pentagon’s base budge...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/health/
March 29, 2012 - ...federal budget, comprising 24 percent of the president’s fiscal 2013 spending plan. Less than four decades ago, federal spending on healthcare was 7 percent of the budget.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/money-in-money-out/
March 29, 2012 - ...federal budget comes from, and where it goes, in the president’s budget request for fiscal year 2013.
Analysis - /analysis/2012/presidents-budget-fy2013/education/
March 29, 2012 - ...federal budget—the strongest support for any type of spending. However, even with the $1.5 billion increase in fiscal 2013, education still will only comprise around 2 percent of total federal s...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/27/chairman-ryans-budget-more-less/
March 29, 2012 - ...Budget Committee. Similar to last year’s budget resolution, Chairman Ryan’s proposal looks to cut the overall size of the federal budget and reduce the deficit ...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/27/clearing-tax-day-confusion/
March 27, 2012 - ...federal income tax dollar. There are two main sources of confusion: First, many people have written to ask why Tax Day ...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/26/you-ask-we-answer-money-gone-missing/
March 26, 2012 - ...federal revenue has gone down over the past several decades with the enactment of lower tax rates and various tax exemptions. The answer is yes. Federal tax revenues as a share of ...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/22/where-your-taxes-went/
March 22, 2012 - ...federal government spent each one of your federal income tax dollars in 2011: Once we pay our income taxes, they're designated by the U.S. Treasury as "federal funds," which means Congress and the pre...
Blog - /blog/2012/03/21/budget-process-update-where-are-we-now/
March 21, 2012 - ...budget request to Congress on Feb. 13. Earlier this week, Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), chairman of the House Budget Committee, unveiled his draft budget resolution. The role of the annual budget reso...
Analysis - /analysis/2012/taxday-2012/
March 21, 2012 - ...federal income tax return is due to the IRS. Where did the federal government spend your income taxes during fiscal year 2011?
