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Who gets the $17,430?

Directly and indirectly, $17,430 is what the Federal government takes each year, on average, from each American who works, not to mention the big chunk out of their lives taken through regulation. Who gets this $17,430 after it is extracted from working men and women?

• $3,690 goes to people on Social Security and Disability.
• $3,492 goes to people in war industries.
• $2,166 goes to people on Medicare.
• $1,767 goes to people on Medicaid.
• $1,505 goes to people on food stamps, welfare (assistance), housing, and income payments.
• $1,297 goes to lenders for interest.
• $1,028 goes to people in transportation, environmental, space, science, and regional building industries.
• $ 708 goes to Federal employees for their retirement.
• $ 688 goes to people in educational industries.
• $ 495 goes to veterans.
• $ 402 goes to people in the Federal government for their services.
• $ 244 goes to people overseas.
• $ 187 goes to people in agricultural industries.

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