Where your tax dollars go

For my last full year of income in the US I paid $7500 in income tax and $3900 in payroll taxes.  Here's how the $11,400 would have been spent in 2009:

Social Security	$1555.07
Medicare	$934.67
Medicaid	$575.71
Interest on the National Debt	$771.58
Combat Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan	$616.05
Military Personnel	$518.25
Veteran’s Benefits	$200.67
National Parks	$186.45
Federal Highways	$171.75
National Institutes of Health	$125.11
Foreign Aid	$123.87
Education for Low-Income K–12 Students	$102.61
Military Retirement Benefits	$87.63
Pell Grants	$79.97
NASA	$75.51
Internal Revenue Service	$47.55
Environmental Protection Agency	$31.37
FBI	$30.13
Head Start	$29.33
Public Housing	$28.23
Drug Enforcement Agency	$8.44
Amtrak	$5.99
Smithsonian Museum	$3.01
Funding for the Arts	$0.65
Salaries and Benefits for Members of Congress	$0.51

You can plug in your own numbers here.

Somewhat related:  Matt Tiabi of the Rolling Stone has a piece on the Tea baggers Party that is a must read.