Taxes- How Does The Government Spend Money?

The government gets its money from tax payers. Tax payers' money goes towards funding programs to help others. For example the largest Federal program is Social Security, which acounts for 23 percent of the government's spending. The government also spends its money on national defense, foreign affairs, social insurance for the elderly, health insurance for the elderly and poor, education, law enforcement, transportation, science and technology.


New York spends a lot of tax dollars on education. It has been reported that New York spends the most money on their students with $14, 119 per student.