“…We broke down last year’s typical tax bill and what each household actually spent, on average, for different programs and priorities in 2025.
We learned, for example, that the average taxpayer paid over $4,000 for weapons and war last year — a huge sum in a time of rising costs of living and stagnant wages — even as the programs to help families get by are getting cut. We’ve compiled some of those findings below.
Meanwhile, Trump and his allies are planning a repeat of last year’s Big Ugly Bill. The president has requested $1.5 trillion in war funding for next year – a huge increase from the $1 trillion budget this year. That would make the numbers below — including the shockingly high line items for militarism and the dwindling sums for human needs — all the more lopsided…”