Each year at tax time, the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies produces a tax receipt that shows where your 2023 income taxes went. Co-author, Lindsay Koshgarian gives some oversight to how your tax dollars are spent: average taxpayer gave $5100 to U.S. militarism and only $10.84 to renewal energy programs; $112 to foreign militaries vs $58 to diplomacy. More details in the report.

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