The Military Gets 26 Times As Much Of Your Tax Dollars As Scientific Research Does | Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC)
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As you mull over the taxes you paid to the federal government this year, check out this graphic from the National Priorities Project showing where your taxes went in 2012. As you can see, the military got the lion’s share of funding, getting 26 times as much as scientific research and seven times as much as education: