{"id":5511,"date":"2007-06-12T13:56:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-12T08:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2007-06-12T13:56:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-12T08:26:00","slug":"where-americas-taxes-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/where-americas-taxes-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Where America\u2019s taxes go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nandz.blogspot.com\/\" title=\"Nandz\">Nandz<\/a> writes in to point me to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebudgetgraph.com\/poster\/\" title=\"The Budget Graph\">an excellent graphic representation of where America&#8217;s taxes go<\/a>. He wonders if I could do one for India.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I&#8217;d actually once contemplated building a &#8220;Where Your Taxes Go&#8221; calculator, where you could feed in the amount you pay as tax, and get an itemized breakup of where that money is spent. It would be personal and easy to relate to, and would illustrate beautifully the extent to which our taxes are wasted. Sadly, I don&#8217;t think there is enough public data to be able to do this accurately. If you think otherwise, and believe that it can be built, feel free to <a href=\"\/site\/contact\/\" title=\"Contact me\">write to me<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(Where your taxes go: <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/where-your-taxes-go-1.html\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/where-your-taxes-go-2.html\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/where-your-taxes-go-3.html\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/where-your-taxes-go-4.html\">4<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/where-your-taxes-go-5_10.html\">5<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/where-your-taxes-go-6.html\">6<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/where-your-taxes-go-7.html\">7<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/where-your-taxes-go-8.html\">8<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/where-your-taxes-go-9.html\">9<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/where-your-taxes-go-10.html\">10<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/where-your-taxes-go-11.html\">11<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/11\/where-your-taxes-go.html\">12<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/12\/where-your-taxes-go-13.html\">13<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/where-your-taxes-go-14.html\" title=\"Taxes!\">14<\/a>, <a href=\"\/where-your-taxes-go-15\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">15<\/a>, <a href=\"\/where-your-taxes-go-16\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">16<\/a>, <a href=\"\/where-your-taxes-go-17\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">17<\/a>, <a href=\"\/where-your-taxes-go-18\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">18<\/a>, <a href=\"\/where-your-taxes-go-19\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">19<\/a>, <a href=\"\/where-your-taxes-go-20\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">20<\/a>, <a href=\"\/where-your-taxes-go-21\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">21<\/a>. Also see: <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/government-money-is-our-money.html\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/sania-mirza-wants-your-money.html\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/tax-relief-for-amitabh-bachchan.html\" title=\"Tax relief for Amitabh Bachchan\">3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My essays on taxes and government: <a href=\"\/taxes-in-india-your-maid-funds-unani\/\" title=\"Your maid funds Unani&#8212;Amit Varma\">Your maid funds Unani<\/a>, <a href=\"\/a-beast-called-government\/\" title=\"A beast called government&#8212;Amit Varma\">A beast called government<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nandz.blogspot.com\/\" title=\"Nandz\">Nandz<\/a> writes in to point me to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebudgetgraph.com\/poster\/\" title=\"The Budget Graph\">an excellent graphic representation of where America&#8217;s taxes go<\/a>. He wonders if I could do one for India.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I&#8217;d actually once contemplated building a &#8220;Where Your Taxes Go&#8221; calculator, where you could feed in the amount you pay as tax, and get an itemized breakup of where that money is spent. It would be personal and easy to relate to, and would illustrate beautifully the extent to which our taxes are wasted. Sadly, I don&#8217;t think there is enough public data to be able to do this accurately. If you think otherwise, and believe that it can be built, feel free to <a href=\"\"\/site\/contact\/\" title=\"Contact me\">write to me<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(Where your taxes go: <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/where-your-taxes-go-1.html\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/where-your-taxes-go-2.html\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/where-your-taxes-go-3.html\">3<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/07\/where-your-taxes-go-4.html\">4<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/where-your-taxes-go-5_10.html\">5<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/where-your-taxes-go-6.html\">6<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/where-your-taxes-go-7.html\">7<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/where-your-taxes-go-8.html\">8<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/where-your-taxes-go-9.html\">9<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/where-your-taxes-go-10.html\">10<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/10\/where-your-taxes-go-11.html\">11<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/11\/where-your-taxes-go.html\">12<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/12\/where-your-taxes-go-13.html\">13<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/where-your-taxes-go-14.html\" title=\"Taxes!\">14<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/where-your-taxes-go-15\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">15<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/where-your-taxes-go-16\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">16<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/where-your-taxes-go-17\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">17<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/where-your-taxes-go-18\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">18<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/where-your-taxes-go-19\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">19<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/where-your-taxes-go-20\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">20<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/where-your-taxes-go-21\/\" title=\"Taxes!\">21<\/a>. Also see: <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/08\/government-money-is-our-money.html\">1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/09\/sania-mirza-wants-your-money.html\">2<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/tax-relief-for-amitabh-bachchan.html\" title=\"Tax relief for Amitabh Bachchan\">3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>My essays on taxes and government: <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/taxes-in-india-your-maid-funds-unani\/\" title=\"Your maid funds Unani&#8212;Amit Varma\">Your maid funds Unani<\/a>, <a href=\"\"\/iublog\/article\/a-beast-called-government\/\" title=\"A beast called government&#8212;Amit Varma\">A beast called government<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3,24,28],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Where America\u2019s taxes go - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/where-americas-taxes-go\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Where America\u2019s taxes go - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nandz writes in to point me to an excellent graphic representation of where America&#8217;s taxes go. 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