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For every $100 you pay in taxes, this is the breakdown of where your money goes:
$24 to health insurance programs
$21 to social security
$13 to defense
$13 to paying off our debt
$8 to veterans and federal employee benefits
$7 to economic security programs
$5 to education
$2 to transportation
$1 to resources and agriculture
$1 to science and medical research
$1 to law enforcement
$1 to international programs
$5 covering basically everything else (like education, infrastructure, etc)
If you think we're gonna fix this mess we're in by obliterating international aid or cutting off funding for science and medical research (prob the best bang for our buck we get) I literally don't know what to tell you.
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When you talk about instituting policies that raise prices, don't be surprised if it leads people to worry that price rises are coming. And the Fed's going to worry that these expectations become self-fulfilling.