Federal Agency Expense 8-7-24

Federal offices with the most personnel in 2022 were Defense-Military Programs (772,300), the Department of Veterans Affairs (411,600), and the Department of Homeland Security (202,800). 

The departments with the three largest budgets—HHS, Defense, and the Treasury—accounted for about three-fourths of the spending by all the departments. The next three largest departments were Agriculture, Labor, and Veterans Affairs.

In 2023, major entitlement programs—Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, and other health care programs—consumed 50 percent of all federal spending. Soon, this spending will be larger than the portion of spending for all other priorities (such as national defense) combined.

Some of the largest transfer programs are Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, and refundable tax credits. These programs do not add to gross domestic product (GDP) or national income but rather redistribute existing resources from taxpayers to program recipients.-Mar 12, 2024

Income taxes paid by individuals make up the federal government's single largest revenue source.

Spending Categories

• 22 % Social Security.
• 14 % Net Interest.
• 13 % Health.
• 13 % National Defense.
• 13 % Medicare.
• 10 % Income Security.
• 5 % Veterans Benefits and Services.
• 5 % Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services.

High-Income Taxpayers Paid the Majority of Federal Income Taxes. In 2021, the bottom half of taxpayers earned 10.4 percent of total AGI and paid 2.3 percent of all federal individual income taxes. The top 1 percent earned 26.3 percent of total AGI and paid 45.8 percent of all federal income taxes.-Mar 13, 2024

SNAP is one of the largest federal social welfare programs in terms of cost. For comparison, in fiscal 2022, the federal government spent $747.2 billion on Medicare, $591.9 billion on Medicaid, $161.2 billion on veterans’ benefits, $58.8 billion on Supplemental Security Income and $33.1 billion on unemployment compensation.

Overall, the federal government is the largest employer in the US. As of September 2023, approximately 2.95 million individuals were part of the US Federal workforce.-Jan 11, 2024

Who Does Not Have to Pay Taxes? Generally, you don't have to pay taxes if your income is less than the standard deduction, you have a certain number of dependents, working abroad and are below the required thresholds, or are a qualifying non-profit organization.

The IRS, by tapping into Inflation Reduction Act funds, grew its workforce to about 90,000 full-time employees — up from its 79,000-employee headcount in 2022. By 2029, the IRS plans on adding another 14,000 full-time employees.-May 2, 2024

The FBI employs approximately 35,000 people, including special agents and support professionals such as intelligence analysts, language specialists, scientists, ...

Department of Justice (DOJ) ; Permanent Workforce. 113,490. 60.73% ; Major Occupations: ; Criminal Investigating. 24,520. 84.44% ; Correctional Officer. 17,730.

The Federal Department of Education has 4,400 employees and $68 billion budget are dedicated to: Establishing policies on federal financial aid for education, and distributing as well as monitoring those funds. Collecting data on America's schools and disseminating research. Focusing national attention on key educational issues. Prohibiting discrimination and ensuring equal access to education.

The Federal EPA has 17077 employees and a budget of $12.083B. All states have their own EPA.

More than 230 years later, the Department's workforce includes some 13,000 members of the Foreign Service, 11,000 Civil Service employees, and 45,000 locally.

The U.S. Department of the Interior employs about 70,000 people in approximately 2,400 locations with offices across the United States, Puerto Rico, U.S.

The US Forest Service has nearly 30,000 employees working across the country.

Health and Human Services employs more than 80,000 federal employees across the United States and around the world. Includes 10 regional offices which ensure HHS maintains close contact with state, local, and tribal partners.-Apr 1, 2024

439 Federal Agencies are listed

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Comments

In addition to removing 4400 employees and $68B from Federal Education funding, Other annual expenses to trim include:

Federal grants to states $1.1 trillion

Foreign aid $1.1 trillion

Federal interest on the debt $900B

UN funding $18B in 2022, 2024 $3.59B budget, US pays 28%.

EPA funding $12B.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader