CSPAN Washington Journal August 17, 1119
Night on q a on cspan. Marr,ning us now is chuck the director of federal tax policy. He is here to talk about how the federal government spends the taxes that citizens pay. Thank you for joining us. Whoad a caller last week really wanted us to look more about how tax revenue is spent. Thats why we have you here today. How easy is it to follow the money of taxpayer funds . Easy, there are major categories of spending. Budget, theout the first is the defense budget, which is roughly about a fifth of expenditures go towards the military to pay for the defense of the country. And then roughly anot...