I just need to know exactly what all taxes pay for. Any help would be appreciated
Look at the pie charts in the tax form booklets… they should give you a general idea of where the money is going to.
Just a few things off the top of my head (by “all taxes” I’m assuming you mean local, state and federal, income, sales, property, etc.):
police dept/law enforcement, fire dept, schools, roads, welfare, public libraries, public/elected officials’ salaries, building/maintaining public buildings (e.g. town halls, courthouses, capitol buildings), employees that work in said public buildings (secretaries, janitors, clerks). This is by no means a comprehensive list. Essentially, any service provided by a local, state or federal government/public agency.
Mainly, they pay for Clinton stuff. Bill’s dates, Hillary’s plans for the total destruction of the US, etc. They also paid to make Al Gore a real boy rather than a wooden puppet. Didn’t work tho…
Nice list, Kat, although I can’t believe you forgot defense, which is one of the biggest items that taxes pay for.
Chaim Mattis Keller
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“Sherlock Holmes once said that once you have eliminated the
impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be
the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible.
The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it that the merely improbable lacks.”
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Well, there’s a perfectly logical explanation for that, Chaim. I was technically brain dead for several hours last night. Because MPSIMS was glitched.
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Budget of the United States Government
You can find many state budget publications through a search engine. Search on “budget <state>”
For instance, the I found the California State Budget through Yahoo U.S. States > California > Government > Budget
No matter where you go, there you are.