For reference, this is where your tax dollars go (at of year 2000 anyway, not much has changed since then since all parts have grown except interest on the debt which has shrunk and military which has grown slightly).
Better re-read the constitution, as you seem to have forgotten what it SAYS and does NOT Say.
And just a suggestion. The comments are for statements of opinion and fact. Facts should be linked to back them up. Opinions dont have to be. Why link to someone else's opinion, just state your own.
Noumenon:
Thanks for the updated chart:
http://www.publicagenda.org/issues/factfiles_detail.cfm?issue_type=federal_budget&list=8
You are right that things have changed more than I had originally described but it's still pretty close in terms of %'s.
Deference: I provided a direct link the the about page of WarResistors.org. It states that it was founded by socialists. The agenda of WarResistors is spelled out. It is a far left-wing organization. if you don't agree with that that is fine but there's no point in continuing to argue it.
The fact is, you put up a chart that implied that up to 80% of our budget is spent on the miltiary which is nonsense and easily refuted. You can't pick and choose which things should be counted in the budget. The fact is, the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT is the source for these numbers. Cherry picking what should really count is partisan -- they have an agenda and are using data selectively.
By contrast, I am putting the numbers out there and readers can make their own distinctions.
For the record: I don't like how our taxes are spent. I think we spend too much on the military and I think we are taxed too high. But that doesn't mean I will suddenly pretend that medicare and medicaid aren't taxes. They're confiscated from us forcibly and thus should be included (and ARE included) in any official pie chart of what the government is doing with the money it collects from us.