I wonder what the various billionaires pay in federal tax.
I know there's not just one type of billionaire, but many, And I wonder if any are more or less significant than each other to the Nations financial Health.
pimlottc 3 minutes ago [-]
I was half-afraid this would start with a form prompting you to upload your tax return :P
wrs 29 minutes ago [-]
Editorially, it might be good to point out that government money moves in both directions. I spent $X on interest payments on the national debt, but I also received $Y of those interest payments if I have any Treasuries in my portfolio. Similarly, I might be receiving Social Security or Medicare benefits.
Maybe expand this with a second section estimating what you're receiving from the government?
Steve6 13 minutes ago [-]
This is amazing and depressing. Most people will never get any benefit from this spending, definitely not of equal value to what you contributed/lost/spent. No matter where you fall on the political spectrum you should be disappointed by the federal governments reckless spending. Yet it never gets better. Likely never will.
I see other people recommending taxes that are missed, but with people being taxed from every angle it's impossible to accurately measure tax burden. That's by design.
"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
But... Even death does not save you from taxes.
woodruffw 3 minutes ago [-]
The visualization shows that, at many income brackets, the majority of one's taxes go squarely into the social safety net. You can make an intelligible argument about waste, etc., but to say that Americans don't benefit from social security, medicaid, etc. seems facially incorrect.
welldoneator 53 minutes ago [-]
I _really_ enjoyed this and love the concept! Scrolling on desktop was a little odd, but worked really well otherwise.
Content wise it's pretty eye opening just how much of our tax dollars go to things like social security, medicare and interest. Seeing it laid out in the exact dollar amount affecting me is pretty powerful stuff. I wonder how much voting habits would change if this was a common way to communicate the cost of federal programs. I had moments where I was thinking "why are we not spending more on education!" as a result as well.
Awesome work!
coredog64 6 minutes ago [-]
I'm at work, so just a few seconds to chime in: Educational spending is primarily sourced from the states. If you were to sum state spending on education, you would come up with another eye-watering pile of money. It's just that this money is usually sourced from property taxes and sales taxes and so doesn't show up on a "Here's how your income taxes were spent" analysis.
atonse 47 minutes ago [-]
This is a really cool way to actually educate people about taxes and government spending.
It's crazy that our interest payments are so high. I remember when Clinton actually balanced the budget (no deficit), I was a teenager and couldn't care less. But I only a few years ago started to understand how much that sounds like Sci-Fi in this day and age.
DeltaCoast 53 minutes ago [-]
Very cool! But I think there’s a cap on social security, it said I paid much more towards that than I did.
clayhacks 52 minutes ago [-]
There definitely is a cap. I believe once you make more than $176k you stop being taxed for that
connicpu 18 minutes ago [-]
Yep the cap was $176,100 for 2025
foobiekr 17 minutes ago [-]
This is very cool but completely wrong for high earners.
mkhalil 45 minutes ago [-]
So we spent more on interest for the deficit than we spent on the doubling the combined spending on all of the following:
transportation
government operations
natural resources
community development
education & social services
agriculture
international affairs
science & space
and energy
...anxiety rises.
slopinthebag 16 minutes ago [-]
Kind of insane y'all pay more in taxes for healthcare than I do, yet I get it for free...
jldugger 15 minutes ago [-]
Same reason doctors from around the world move to the US.
cr125rider 1 hours ago [-]
This is awesome!
It worked great on mobile
ssl-3 53 minutes ago [-]
It got stuck on desktop.
It worked fine until it got to the point where it showed me how many tax dollars I contributed in 2025, and had a little popup fade in (and disappear again) that said "Swipe to continue"
That was the end of the road for me. It was impossible to proceed further.
(These UI non-elements can all go die in a fire together.)
jjulius 47 minutes ago [-]
>It was impossible to proceed further.
Does your mouse have a scroll wheel?
ssl-3 39 minutes ago [-]
It does.
But my mouse's scroll wheel is not a swipey-thing.
jjulius 29 minutes ago [-]
But at least it moves things from "impossible" to "possible"! :)
someguydave 24 minutes ago [-]
The federal government has become a machine to transfer the income of working people to boomers
faraway9911 18 minutes ago [-]
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I know there's not just one type of billionaire, but many, And I wonder if any are more or less significant than each other to the Nations financial Health.
Maybe expand this with a second section estimating what you're receiving from the government?
I see other people recommending taxes that are missed, but with people being taxed from every angle it's impossible to accurately measure tax burden. That's by design.
"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
But... Even death does not save you from taxes.
Content wise it's pretty eye opening just how much of our tax dollars go to things like social security, medicare and interest. Seeing it laid out in the exact dollar amount affecting me is pretty powerful stuff. I wonder how much voting habits would change if this was a common way to communicate the cost of federal programs. I had moments where I was thinking "why are we not spending more on education!" as a result as well.
Awesome work!
It's crazy that our interest payments are so high. I remember when Clinton actually balanced the budget (no deficit), I was a teenager and couldn't care less. But I only a few years ago started to understand how much that sounds like Sci-Fi in this day and age.
transportation government operations natural resources community development education & social services agriculture international affairs science & space and energy
...anxiety rises.
It worked great on mobile
It worked fine until it got to the point where it showed me how many tax dollars I contributed in 2025, and had a little popup fade in (and disappear again) that said "Swipe to continue"
That was the end of the road for me. It was impossible to proceed further.
(These UI non-elements can all go die in a fire together.)
Does your mouse have a scroll wheel?
But my mouse's scroll wheel is not a swipey-thing.