Click here to access article by Christian Sorensen for Boiling Frogs.
This is a lengthy and detailed report on where at least half of your tax dollars are going. So, I recommend scanning it.
It's clear that military-industrial part of the ruling class is doing well at the trough of government expenditures. Do you have any doubts as to whether their corporations will be affected by a possible government shutdown over the current budget crisis in Washington? Of course not. The shutdown show is being performed by the corporate sponsored Congress because the ruling class directors want social expenditures cut, especially The Affordable Care Act.
I certainly do not support this program which I regard as an expensive gift to the insurance companies. However, it is arguably better than nothing. The right-wing puppets in Congress have no alternative medical plan for Americans whom they view as merely a source of expendable labor, while left-wing puppets want to reward the insurance companies. An obvious and inexpensive solution is to extend Medicare to everyone.