From the Desk of Tony Laidig...
re: Your Tax Dollars at Work...
Many people don't realize this but around 30% of the annual budget for the U.S. Government (paid for by taxpayer dollars) goes toward Discretionary Spending. Discretionary Spending is what accounts for the expenses of MOST government agencies, from HHS and Education to Energy and NASA. Now, 30% may not sound like a huge amount of money, but for the fiscal year of 2020, 30% of the budget amounts to around $1.4 TRILLION dollars!
Normally when we think about our tax dollars being SPENT, we understand that to mean that it's money we will never see again. But that is actually not true. Because these services ARE paid for using tax dollars, it means that we are ENTITLED to the benefits of the programs but ALSO to the content created by those programs!
What does that mean for you and me? It means: