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Wealthfare
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1996
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per year
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Source
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Amount
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Total
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Military Waste and Fraud
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$172,000,000,000.00 | |
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Social Security Tax Inequities
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$53,000,000,000.00 | |
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Accelerated Depreciation
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$37,000,000,000.00 | |
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Lower Tax on Capital Gains
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$37,000,000,000.00 | |
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The S & L Bailout
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$32,000,000,000.00 | |
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Homeowners' Tax Breaks
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$26,000,000,000.00 | |
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Agribusiness Subsidies
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$18,000,000,000.00 | |
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Tax Avoidance by Transnationals
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$12,000,000,000.00 | |
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Tax-free Muni Bonds
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$9,100,000,000.00 | |
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Media Handouts
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$18,000,000,000.00 | |
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Excessive Gov't. Pensions
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$7,600,000,000.00 | |
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Insurance Loopholes
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$7,200,000,000.00 | |
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Nuclear Subsidies
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$7,100,000,000.00 | |
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Aviation Subsidies
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$5,500,000,000.00 | |
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Business Meals & Entertainment
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$5,500,000,000.00 | |
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Mining Subsidies
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$3,500,000,000.00 | |
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Oil & Gas Tax Breks
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$2,400,000,000.00 | |
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Export Subsidies
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$2,000,000,000.00 | |
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Synfuel Tax Credits
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$1,200,000,000.00 | |
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Timber Subsidies
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$427,000,000.00 | |
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Ozone Tax Exemptions
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$320,000,000.00 | |
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Miscellaneous
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$1,600,000,000.00 | $458,447,000,000.00 |
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Welfare
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Food stamps
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$26,000,000,000.00 | |
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AFDC
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$18,000,000,000.00 | |
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Housing Assistance
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$13,100,000,000.00 | |
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WIC
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$8,200,000,000.00 | |
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Head Start
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$3,600,000,000.00 | |
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Low-income Energy Assistance
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$1,300,000,000.00 | |
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JOBS
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$1,000,000,000.00 | |
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Legal Services Corp
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$280,000,000.00 | $71,480,000,000.00 |
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Other Social
Services
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Medicaid
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$82,000,000,000.00 | |
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SSI
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$18,000,000,000.00 | |
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Pell Grants
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$6,300,000,000.00 | |
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Earned Income Tax Credits
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$5,700,000,000.00 | |
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School lunch & Breakfast
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$4,300,000,000.00 | $128,000,000,000.00 |