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Penny Game -- Federal Government Spending
Fiscal Year 2008
| Budget Category | $ Billions | % of Outlays |
| Health | 671 | 22* |
| Defense | 624 | 21 |
| Social Security |
617 | 21 |
| Income Security | 433 | 15 |
| Interest | 249 | 8 |
| Other | 237 | 8 |
| Education | 89 | 3 |
| Environmental | 30 | 1 |
| International Affairs | 29 | 1 |
| Totals | 2,979 | 100% |
Source: Final Monthly Treasury Statement September
2008
* Percentage column numbers might be altered to allow total to equal 100%
In FY2008, the federal government collected $2 trillion, 524 billion in taxes and borrowed $455 billion to pay for the above spending.
This budget exercise was developed by the
Concord Coalition.
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