Since this is a government of the people, it is appropriate that we look at what our budget is for this government of ours.
Adding detail to our look at Federal Spending, note the following direct from Bush's 2007 Budget:
Total Avg Taxpayer's*Portion Item
$961B $6,290 Constitutional Government
622B $4,066 Defense & Veterans Benefits (NOT including Iraq & Afghanistan war funding)
244B 1,595 Interest on the Federal Debt
44B 285 Justice Department
33B 213 Foreign Affairs
20B 132 General Government
$1,741B $11,391 Charity Projects
586B $3,836 Social Security
395B $2,582 Medicare
367B $2,402 Unemployment & Welfare
276B $1,809 Medicaid & other Health-related services
90B $588 Education & Training
27B $175 Community & Regional Development
$186B $1,214 Corporate Welfare (Transportation, Environment, Agriculture, Science, Energy
* Personal Income per the Department of Commerce was $11.7844 trillion for the four quarters ending Se4ptember 30, 2007. Divided by the 152.807 million American workers in the Bureau of Labor statistics September 2007 report, and you get an average income of $77,120 for that period.

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