|
|
|
Wealthfare
|
|
1996
|
|
per year
|
Totals
|
| Military Waste and Fraud |
$172,000,000,000.00 |
|
| Social Security Tax Inequities |
$53,000,000,000.00 |
|
| Accelerated Depreciation |
$37,000,000,000.00 |
|
| Lower Tax on Capital Gains |
$37,000,000,000.00 |
|
| The S & L Bailout |
$32,000,000,000.00 |
|
| Homeowners' Tax Breaks |
$26,000,000,000.00 |
|
| Agribusiness Subsidies |
$18,000,000,000.00 |
|
| Tax Avoidance by Transnationals |
$12,000,000,000.00 |
|
| Tax-free Muni Bonds |
$9,100,000,000.00 |
|
| Media Handouts |
$18,000,000,000.00 |
|
| Excessive Gov't. Pensions |
$7,600,000,000.00 |
|
| Insurance Loopholes |
$7,200,000,000.00 |
|
| Nuclear Subsidies |
$7,100,000,000.00 |
|
| Aviation Subsidies |
$5,500,000,000.00 |
|
| Business Meals & Entertainment |
$5,500,000,000.00 |
|
| Mining Subsidies |
$3,500,000,000.00 |
|
| Oil & Gas Tax Breks |
$2,400,000,000.00 |
|
| Export Subsidies |
$2,000,000,000.00 |
|
| Synfuel Tax Credits |
$1,200,000,000.00 |
|
| Timber Subsidies |
$427,000,000.00 |
|
| Ozone Tax Exemptions |
$320,000,000.00 |
|
| Miscellaneous |
$1,600,000,000.00 |
$458,447,000,000.00 |
|
Welfare
|
| Food stamps |
$26,000,000,000.00 |
|
| AFDC |
$18,000,000,000.00 |
|
| Housing Assistance |
$13,100,000,000.00 |
|
| WIC |
$8,200,000,000.00 |
|
| Head Start |
$3,600,000,000.00 |
|
| Low-income Energy Assistance |
$1,300,000,000.00 |
|
| JOBS |
$1,000,000,000.00 |
|
| Legal Services Corp |
$280,000,000.00 |
$71,480,000,000.00
|
|
Government Assistance
|
| Medicaid |
$82,000,000,000.00 |
|
| SSI |
$18,000,000,000.00 |
|
| Pell Grants |
$6,300,000,000.00 |
|
| Earned Income Tax Credits |
$5,700,000,000.00 |
|
| School lunch & Breakfast |
$4,300,000,000.00 |
$128,000,000,000.00 |
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