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The United States spent $631 billion on national defense during fiscal year (FY) 2018 according to the Office of Management and Budget, which amounts to 15 percent of the federal budget.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-explainer-national-defense
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.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-explainer-payroll-taxes
Tax expenditures can come in the form of exclusions, exemptions, deductions, and credits.
Every year the Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees issue reports on the fiscal health of these vital programs.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/social-security-medicare-trustees-reports
Medicare faces significant financial challenges in future years because of rising healthcare spending and an aging population.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/2019/04/trustees-funding-challenges-threaten-medicare%E2%80%99s-future
Medicare is an essential health insurance program serving millions of Americans, and a major part of the federal budget and our fiscal outlook.
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.
