Paul's Federal Budget 2005 Explorer

This is the newly-released (Feb 1, 2004) proposed Fiscal 2005 Federal budget. Spending over 5% of the budget is in bold.

Percentage change figures reflect ESTIMATED ACTUAL FY 2004 versus BUDGETED FY 2005. "Costs of the Iraq war not included" This may be up to $50 billion according to the Prez, and this is why the military appears to be getting less money than last year in this data.

"Your share" for any given item is simply the percentage of spending applied to your stated tax bill. More complicated interpretations are possible.

Enter your yearly tax bill (including medicare and social security -- estimate 30% total):  
Category (click to expand)2005 SpendingPercent changeYour share
National defense $409011 mil-11.2 %$ 2611.86
International affairs $25224 mil-39.0 %$ 161.07
General science, space, and technology $23737 mil1.5 %$ 151.58
Energy $1232 mil2.1 %$ 7.87
Natural resources and environment $33461 mil3.9 %$ 213.67
Agriculture $22687 mil16.6 %$ 144.87
Commerce and housing credit $9026 mil-35.7 %$ 57.64
Transportation $70134 mil1.1 %$ 447.86
Community and regional development $15389 mil-5.7 %$ 98.27
Education, training, employment, and social services $90806 mil3.3 %$ 579.87
Health $250597 mil-0.2 %$ 1600.26
Medicare $295133 mil8.9 %$ 1884.66
Income security $342199 mil1.7 %$ 2185.21
Social security $516213 mil3.7 %$ 3296.42
Veterans benefits and services $65964 mil9.2 %$ 421.23
Administration of justice $41958 mil-1.8 %$ 267.93
General government $20366 mil-14.7 %$ 130.05
Net interest $177999 mil13.9 %$ 1136.66
Undistributed offsetting receipts $-62168 mil4.8 %$ -396.99
Total $2348968 mil0.1 %$ 15000.00

Source: GPO Access, Fiscal 2005 Budget, table 24-12 (xls)

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