The National Priorities Project of the Institute for Policy Studies each year produces a worksheet of where your federal tax dollars are spent. Director Lindsay Koshgarian breaks down the spending, and their website lets you look up the number for the average Wisconsin resident, or you can enter your own numbers to see where your money is going. Spoiler alert: the military and private contractors do really well.

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