Taxes are an inevitable part of life. We know that we are taxed by all levels off government, which include federal, state and city governments. As much as 30% of out income is taken away before it evens reaches ours hands' because of tax. But where is it all going? Well, according to this chart, 30% of the United States' tax dollars goes towards the military! Thats a lot of money dedicated to killing people! Go America! Another 20.3% is dedicated towards health care, which is good to hear. But whats startling is that education receives are measly 3.7% of the governments spending. Thats barely enough to register on the pie chart. Is the destruction of our fellow man 3 times as valuable than the education of the future generations of the world? Apparently so. After searching for a while, I found it difficult to find a breakdown for New York's tax allocation. However, I did manage to find out that the number of full time park employees has fallen, even as the budget for part spending increases. And we all know that the governor has been using eminent domain to seize land in order to build stadiums all over the city.
It seems that at the end of the day, the true nature of government spending will be limited to the brightly colored segments of vague pie charts. It is apparently hard to come across concrete information, such as how much of that 3.7% used for education went towards paying teachers or buying text books or paying for building leases. Or did Joel Cline have throw a party and put it on the tax payers tab? Lets just hope that the people in control of our money have our best interests in mind.
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