On this edition of Your Call, we'll find out how your tax dollars are being spent. According to the National Priorities Project, the average taxpayer spends $929 for military contractors, $62 for nuclear weapons, $62 for deportations and border control and only $7 for anti-homelessness programs and $5 for renewable energy.
Then we'll find out what it will take to tax the wealthiest in order to fund desperately needed programs.
Guests:
Ashik Siddique, research analyst for the National Priorities Project
Chuck Collins, director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies, where he co-edits Inequality.org
Web Resources:
National Priorities Project: Tax Day 2022: We Got The Receipts
Tax Policy Center: How does the federal government spend its money?
ProPublica: America’s Top 15 Earners and What They Reveal About the U.S. Tax System
ProPublica: “If You’re Getting a W-2, You’re a Sucker”
ProPublica: Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
