Taxes- How Does the Government Spend Money?

The money Americans pay in taxes goes towards important factors, such as education, military funding and medicare. Most of the money actually goes towards social security as well as National Defense. This chart shows how the Government spends:

There is always a sketchy outlook towards the government because no one knows if this is where our money is actually going. Not everything is included in this chart because state taxes cover things such as medicaid and educational funds.