Imagine if on our tax bills we got an itemized report of where and in what amounts our money is going (sort of like an itemized restaurant bill).

How would this change the public’s support and priorities for spending?

How granular would the reporting be – at least something along these lines…

Where exactly are your taxes going? (these figures are purely presentational, and not representative of real allocations)

Department of Agriculture – $84
Department of Commerce – $150
Department of Defense – $344
National Intelligence Program – $176
Department of Education – $85
Department of Energy – $47
Department of Health and Human Services – $54
Department of Homeland Security – $103
Department of Housing and Urban Development – $66
Department of the Interior – $34
Deparment of Justice – $44
Department of Labor – $56
Department of State and other international programs – $77
Department of Transportation – $25
Department of Treasury – $18
Department of Veteran Affairs – $22
Corp of Engineers – $19
Environmental protection Agency – $9
NASA – $ 16
National Science Foundation – $12
Small Business Administration – $17
Social Security Administration – $14