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Note: the average American pays about 12 - 15% of their income in taxes

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Note: the average American pays about 12 - 15% of their income in taxes

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How can debt increase by so much when it says there were tax cuts made?

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I think that more tax dollars should go to education because having an educated population is very important for the future and good decision making.

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Gabriel Wynne

The government spends too much on military and not enough on infrastructure

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I think that money is being well spent here as a good amount of it is going to health and labor. I think the government shouldn't receive that many tax dollars.

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I think more money should go to energy and environment

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I think we should be putting more money twoards science and our enviornment.

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Why is so little of the Tax dollar towards food when that is a necessary for all citizens?

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I completely agree education should be one of our main priorities and especially help lower income areas and schools to help the future generations

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I wonder what determines how much funding goes to food and agriculture. Should their be more funding for that since it is vital for human live?

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Government spending makes up 17% of tax spending, but what does "government" specifically entail? What aspects of government are being funded by this?

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I agree with Riya, I think that money is being well spent here. I like that most money is going towards things we need/use daily such as health care.

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This image shows a way to break down the tax dollars in a simple way that is easy to understand. I am surprised that science takes up such a small part of the budget. Why is that? I think this does not demonstrate money being spent well. I think the government should spend more on science. If we spend more money on science we can help other fields like healthcare and the overall economy.

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I think we should be putting money towards research for disease, and eduction for students across the country

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The picture of where my tax dollar went shows how organized the government is with their money. The different sections of each topic separates the dollar bill gives structure to the tax dollar. This demonstrates money being spent well because the makeup of where the tax dollars go is systematic.

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What brackets make people put more when their gross income is less? Elon Musk payed almost double in taxes than Michel Bloomberg and Bloomberg made almost twice as much.

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I think Biden is spending too much money without thinking bout it and its effects

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I also agree that our tax dollars should be shared more towards education, because it may also help our overall unemployment rate. This would be because a basic education has become essential to obtaining a job.

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I think it is unnecessary for the US to spend that much while other countries are spending a lot less and seem to be well off

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I think more money because people need to be educated so they can vote one day and be educated voters.

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Trenton Montana: I agree because that is how we keep such a strong military. Such as new technology etc

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The Government spends much more on military budget than many other countries combined.

What makes our budget so large?

I think it is money well spent. Our large defense force ensures that we are always protected from invasion or threats.

Example: If Russia wanted to invade us rather than Ukraine, we could hold our ground confidently and ward them off.

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I think it is important for us to have a stong millitary and to show other countries that we are powerful and should not be messed with.

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I think this image represents the the split between the government funding, its shows what percent of the US dollar is spent on specific organizations or programs.

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I think its possible to have the strongest military without spending almost a trillion dollars on it

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What are the negative effects on tax payers for the Build back better plan?

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For what reason do we spend so much money on the military? How does that benefit us?

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I think the reason why the military budget is so high is because there was snap emphasis on creating a strong military when the US was being created, to compensate for the lack of military strength during the American Revolution. Maybe that sentiment of strengthening defense has carried over to present day.

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I think we do not need to be spending this amount of money on military if we are not in any active wars.

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Why does the top 0.001% pay less taxes than the top 1%?

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I agree, if all of these other countries are finding ways to work while incorporating the same ideas with a much smaller budget... we should try spending less as well.

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Its good to have a lot of money put into the military but we might not need that much and if we didnt we could spend more on other important necessities.

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I think that we spend a very large sum of money on our military, and I'd be more comfortable paying if I knew where my tax dollars were going.

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I agree with increasing the infrastructure and education budget

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All of these people would be in the top income tax bracket, which cuts off around $520,000 and above

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This shows where all my tax dollars go and where the government spends all of it. The government is really organized and has a categorize listed fro each group that gets the tax money.

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The true tax rate for the very rich should be higher than the Working Class

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I think it is important to spend a good amount of our budget on military. Having a family member that is in the Navy, I can see first hand how important military is to the well being of our society and relations with other countries.

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I think that we should continue to spend the same amount on health care as we do now. But where should we decrease some budgets? Because I think we should increase our budget on science. Science needs way more money that it's getting so we as a country can try and find cures to illnesses the best we can, and more.

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Data shows where our tax money with different percentages go to certain aspects like education, health, etc. Our tax dollars go into different parts and more money is put into a certain part based on importance. For example, a large portion of our tax dollars go into health while a small portion goes into international affairs

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I agree with what patrick is saying, I think it is importat becasue we dont know when we will need it, so its good to have a strong millitary.

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I think we need spend more money on the military and get a couple more air craft carriers and bring back battle ships.

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Especially after the covid pandemic we just endured, we should be spending more on healthcare. How many more people could we help if we added to the budget?

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I think it’s a good idea to have some money go to the military but I’m not sure why it is such a substantial amount

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I partially think military funding is important because we need a strong force with useful resources, however, we haven’t fought in a war in a long time, so I don’t think a lot of money should be prioritized to the military.

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How do they decide where to send the money?

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i am 50/50 because funding is important for the military so we can have a strong one. we should put the money where it is needed, if where not in a war theres no need to fund it that much

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I agree we should try to find smarter ways to decrease the military budget since we over spend so many other countries by so much

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Is it good that Biden is almost completely even with military and non-military?

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I’m surprised by how much money goes into the military and it makes me think we could spare more into education and healthcare.

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When raising money for military, why does the conversation of inflation or tax raises ever come up but they always do when it comes to infrastructure?

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I believe military spending should be reduced and reallocated to other, more in-need sectors of government spending. There are so many institutions that would benefit greatly from an increase in spending, without negatively affecting the military.

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I think less money should go to international affairs and more money should be spent on food and agriculture because we need food to survive.

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I don't think it is necessary to spend that much money on the military, especially when we aren't in a war

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Wells - the proposal is mostly to enforce taxes more and increase corporate taxes, including foreign corporations that do business here. good question

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I think it’s a good idea to have some money go to the military but I’m not sure why so much money is needed that we spend more than 11 countries combined

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I agree with Katie because spending that much money on the military is a waste of resources if we don't actively need it.

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Does spending as much money as we are on the military really benefit us as much as it  costs? Could decreasing military funds harm our country, or would it be beneficial to have that money to put the money somewhere else?

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It is interesting that the income taxes have gone down throughout the years. I just assumed they were always increasing. How do other countries spend their revenue from income tax?

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I am glad that tax money is going to military families as well, I think it is important to budget those funds well so that we could possibly lower them.

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I think a stong military is important but we should not be what else is important in our counrty, such as infrastructures and healthcare.

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@Wells - I believe the effects would be poor health care given the low budget proposed for that.

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i think more tax dollars should go to the education system and all that because having good education should always be important. everyone should have a shot at a future.

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If we spend less money on the military then we will have a harder time in a war so it's better to be prepared. Plus if we put more money into infastructure and then get into a war and get our 🤬 kicked then that money put in will just be lost after our country blows up.

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In my opinion, since everything with Covid-19 has been going on, we should focus more spending on rebuilding the economy and more on healthcare. I believe we need better healthcare to help combat the virus so we can go back to recovering.

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The top 1% pays more taxes than the top 0.001% which is not equal. There needs to be more equality between the taxes because the rich keep getting richer.

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The ultra-rich needs to be paying more in order to contribute to the country. The majority of americans are struggling while they get to sit back and pay almost nothing.

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Billionaires have more than enough money to pay for higher taxes and it makes sense to give them higher taxes than people who have less money or people struggling financially.

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I believe that increasing infrastructure spending plays an important part in keeping our country together, but how much money do we actually have to spend towards infrastructure

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This data shows us that the wealthy pay a very small percentage of their income in taxes.

How do they get around high tax rates? (I wanna know)

I think they shouldn't have to pay by percentage because they pay a lot more overall than most Americans. One Warren Buffet is equivalent to many average Americans in tax dollars.

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Amber's take was very informative. I agree with this because we need to be educated voters as a nation.

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Trenton Montana, I think it is a good thing that we spend so much on health care because it is such a big need.

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I feel like our taxes going to the military is crucial for the protection of all the US citizens. Having a strong military prevents other countries from invading and trying to concure us putting US citizens in danger.

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I think that Biden should think about the consequences of spending that amount of money. (inflation and debt)

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I was surprised to see how much money the U.S uses on military in comparison to everything else. If we could cut down on military funding it could help us benefit other individual matters in the U.S.

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So how much money did the big tech company’s and Amazon pay in taxes just?general question

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Im really happy to see a pres. that supports our envionmnet and health care becaue it is a problem that is effecting all of us now.

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I think more money should go to science because we still have a lot more to discover

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The rich/upper class should pay higher taxes, because, rather than the middle/lower class they are more fortunate and are able to afford potentially building bridges or roads for our country

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Why have income taxes gone down?

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Why was the corporate income tax rate so high in 1952?

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I think that our money could be better spent on the economy and for more important issues that we need to fix before we build new things.

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Why does the top .001 percent pay less taxes than the 1%

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I think the top 1% should be taxed as a lot of America is in poverty and these people have more privileges with all the money

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I think the US government should spent more on lowering the national debt and maybe allow less of its own citizens increase it so much. If we had less debt in the future we will be able to focus more of our funding on important things.

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People with incomes such as those in the example should be taxed more, because they are able to afford it.

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What causes tax rates to decrease or increase?

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i think if people are rich then they should pay more taxes, not everyone has millions of dollars to give away.