Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Federal Spending vs Revenue 2-27-24

During FY 2023, the federal government spent $6.13 trillion. Federal revenue was $4.44T. 

During FY2022, the federal government spent $6.3 trillion. Spending as % of GDP is 25.1%, almost 2 percentage points greater than the average over the past 50 years.

Major categories of FY 2022 spending included: Medicare and Medicaid ($1,339B or 5.4% of GDP), Social Security ($1.2T or 4.8% of GDP), non-defense discretionary spending used to run federal Departments and Agencies ($910B or 3.6% of GDP), Defense Department ($751B or 3.0% of GDP), and net interest ($475B or 1.9% of GDP).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expenditures_in_the_United_States_federal_budget#:~:text=Major

US Government Revenue Source 2021

Individual Income Taxes $2.044T

Social Security and Medicare Taxes 1.247T

Corporate Income Tax   $372B

Misc Revenue $133B

Custom Duties  $80B

Excise Taxes   $75B

UC Insurance  $57B

Estate and Gift Taxes $27B

Other Retirement $10B

Total  $4.045T

U.S. Government Spending Category2021 Amount ($B)

Income security $1,649

Social security $1,135

Health $797

National defense $755

Medicare $697

Net interest $352

Commerce and housing credit $304

Education$297

General government $270

Veterans benefits $234

Total $6,820

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/us-federal-spending-versus-revenue-2021/

FY       Spending Revenue  Debt     Cause

2023     6.13T      4.44T      1.69T    climate change

2022     6.3T        4.9T        1.23T    climate change

2021     6.820T   4.045T       0.8T     Afghanistan

 

2020    6.552T     3.420T    3.132T  covid

2019    4.45T        3.5T       0.95T    military

2018    4.094T      3.4T       0.694T  military

2017    4.0T          3.4T       0.6T      military

https://www.statista.com/statistics/200405/receipts-of-the-us-government-since-fiscal-year-2000/

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader

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