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Why Do We Pay Taxes - Where Your Money Goes

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Health programs and Social Security together claim $46 of every $100 the federal government spends, the split this guide's pie chart opens with. Extensions design a personal $100 budget, trace one real tax a family actually pays, and rank funding priorities in a Riverbend town-council debate.

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