I'm not posting here as often as I used to...
(ahem, mainly because of the negative conservative slant this board has)
...but I found this interesting and though you might as well!
Where Do Your Tax Dollars Go? - Tax Day 2009 | National Priorities Project
Interactive database of how your average tax dollar was spent.
From the whole country on down to individual (larger) cities.
Or as they put it:
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With this publication, taxpayers can take stock of how the federal government spent each 2008 income tax dollar: 37.3 cents went towards military-related spending (military and military-related debt), while environment, energy and science-related spending split 2.8 cents. Income tax dollar spending is available for all states as well as over 200 cities and towns.
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