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Budget Basics Archive
Public schools for students in kindergarten through 12th grade are financed through a combination of local, state, and federal dollars in proportions that vary across and within states.
This budget explainer describes what Medicaid is, how it is financed, and who benefits from it.
Most working Americans are subject to payroll taxes, which are usually deducted automatically from an employee’s paycheck. Employers are also often subject to these types of taxes.
Here’s an overview of inflation, why it matters, and how it’s managed.
Federal trust funds bear little resemblance to their private-sector counterparts.
Social Security is the largest single program in the federal budget and makes up approximately one quarter of total federal spending.
Medicare is an essential health insurance program serving millions of Americans, and a major part of the federal budget and our fiscal outlook.
Presently, revenues raised by the corporate income tax represent the third-largest category of federal tax revenue in the United States, trailing those generated from the individual income and payroll taxes.
The Medicare Advantage allows beneficiaries enrolled in both Part A and Part B to receive benefits from private plans.
The fairness of our federal tax system is a hotly debated issue. Too often, however, those debates confuse or misrepresent important facts because they focus on one type of tax in isolation rather than the various taxes that people face in aggregate.