Where Our Tax Dollars Go

Here is an interesting view of how Congress has decided to spend the discretionary part of our income taxes in 2004.

Some highlights include:

• $359 million on the Peace Corps
• $5.481 billion on the National Science Foundation
• $27.742 billion on the National Institutes of Health
• $19.503 billion on the Department of Agriculture
• $28.192 billion on the combined total for the F-22 Raptor, C-17 Transport Aircraft, AEGIS Destroyer, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Virginia Class Submarine, Joint Strike Fighter, Blackhawk Helicopter, Commanche Helicopter, Stryker Armored Vehicle, V-22 Ospery Aircraft, and TRIDENT II Ballistic Missile.
• $29.446 on elementary and secondary education
• $399 billion on total military
• $383 billion on total non-military (not including "mandatory expenditures such as social security and medicare"

I found this link through boingboing.