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The House Budget Plan – Analyzed

The House Budget Committee revealed its budget plan late last week and it’s up for a vote later this week. We’ve run the numbers, and will break them down for you here.

Under the House plan, total spending in Fiscal Year 2010 (outlays) will be just short of $3 trillion dollars. (Specifically $2,996,234,000,000.00). That’s about $30,600 per U.S. family, or just shy of $9,800 per person.

Where does the money go? Let’s break it down. The budget lists spending by categories so you can get an idea of what your tax dollars buy:

National Defense

  • Total: $606,043,000,000.00, which is
  • $5,867.35 per family, or
  • $1,874.55 per person

International Affairs

  • $43,461,000,000.00, which is
  • $420.76 per family, or
  • $134.43 per person

General Science, Space, and Technology

  • $32,467,000,000.00, which is
  • $314.33 per family, or
  • $100.42 per person

Energy

  • $7,267,000,000.00, which is
  • $70.35 per family, or
  • $22.48 per person

Natural Resources and Environment

  • $40,450,000,000.00, which is
  • $391.61 per family, or
  • $125.12 per person

Agriculture

  • $23,951,000,000.00, which is
  • $231.88 per family, or
  • $74.08 per person

Commerce and Housing Credit

  • $85,638,000,000.00, which is
  • $829.10 per family, or
  • $264.89 per person

Transportation

  • $95,695,000,000.00, which is
  • $926.46 per family, or
  • $295.99 per person

Community and Regional Development

  • $29,303,000,000.00, which is
  • $283.69 per family, or
  • $90.64 per person

Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services

  • $140,300,000,000.00, which is
  • $1,358.30 per family, or
  • $433.96 per person

Health

  • $388,746,000,000.00, which is
  • $3,763.61 per family, or
  • $1,202.43 per person

Medicare

  • $449,784,000,000.00, which is
  • $4,354.54 per family, or
  • $1,391.23 per person

Income Security

  • $539,918,000,000.00, which is
  • $5,227.17 per family, or
  • $1,670.02 per person

Social Security

  • $20,378,000,000.00, which is
  • $197.29 per family, or
  • $63.03 per person

Veterans Benefits and Services

  • $105,468,000,000.00, which is
  • $1,021.08 per family, or
  • $326.22 per person

Administration of Justice

  • $51,630,000,000.00, which is
  • $499.85 per family, or
  • $159.70 per person

General Government

  • $22,757,000,000.00, which is
  • $220.32 per family, or
  • $70.39 per person

Net Interest

  • $284,085,000,000.00, which is
  • $2,750.34 per family, or
  • $878.70 per person

Allowances

  • $4,893,000,000.00, which is
  • $47.37 per family, or
  • $15.13 per person

Undistributed Offsetting Receipts

  • -$68,774,000,000.00, which is
  • $-665.83 per family, or
  • $-212.73 per person

Overseas Deployments and Other Activities

  • $92,774,000,000.00, which is
  • $898.18 per family, or
  • $286.96 per person

Want to understand what these categories mean? Here’s a report that explains them. The total spending numbers are raw amounts, but the per family and per person figures are net present value – the amount you’d have to put in the bank today to fund the spending next fiscal year.

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