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Mar 29, 2019
How Do Marginal Income Tax Rates Work — and What if We Increased Them?
Some lawmakers favor substantial increases to marginal tax rates. Let’s look at how marginal tax rates and brackets work.
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Apr 3, 2019
Where taxes came from in 2018
The federal government collects revenue from a variety of sources.
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Apr 12, 2019
Budget Basics: Who Pays Taxes?
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.
Blog Posts
Apr 15, 2019
Six of the Largest Tax Breaks Explained
Tax breaks totaled nearly $1.5 trillion in 2018. To put that in perspective, that’s more than the government spends on Social Security, Medicare, or defense.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2019/04/Six-of-the-Largest-Tax-Breaks-Explained
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May 4, 2019
U.S. Defense Spending Compared to Other Countries
The United States spends more on defense than the next seven countries combined.
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May 21, 2019
Defense Budget Compensation Costs
Compensation and medical care make up more than 40 percent of the defense budget.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0216_compensation_defense_budget
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May 31, 2019
Spending on Foreign Affairs
Spending on foreign affairs accounts for slightly more than 1% of total federal spending.
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0239_foreign_affairs_spending
Explainers
Jun 14, 2019
Budget Basics: Tax Expenditures
Tax expenditures can come in the form of exclusions, exemptions, deductions, and credits.
Multimedia
Jul 9, 2019
Quiz: How Much Do You Know about the Federal Budget?
Take our quiz to see how much you really know about how revenues are collected and federal funds are spent.
https://www.pgpf.org/quiz/how-much-do-you-know-about-the-federal-budget
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Aug 19, 2019
Payroll Taxes: What Are They And What Do They Fund?
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