# Where did my money go? (Bailout, taxes)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-my-money-go-bailout-taxes/484110>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 2, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-my-money-go-bailout-taxes/484110 "2009-02-02T13:32:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-my-money-go-bailout-taxes/484110/1 "2009-02-02T13:32:34Z")

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I just want a rough calculation of how much have I personally (as an average American family) contributed to all the assorted bailouts.

Bonus for a rough breakdown of how that money was split among banks, auto, etc.

All in so-far numbers, understanding that more could be still to come.

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**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2009, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-my-money-go-bailout-taxes/484110/2 "2009-02-02T16:53:47Z")

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Locked triple-posted thread.