Moby
07-24-2009, 08:08 AM
This from Reverend Sung Myung Moon's information outlet.
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2009/07/23/US-gov-spending-rose-93-to-279T/UPI-54351248321660/
WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- U.S. government spending increased 9.3 percent in the Bush administration's final fiscal year to nearly $2.79 trillion, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday.
The figure is equivalent to $9,184 for every person living in the United States, the bureau said.
Medicare health insurance, Medicaid medical assistance for poor people and Social Security made up 48 percent of all federal spending, or $1.35 trillion, the bureau said. Of that amount, $659 billion went to Social Security.
Federal spending was highest per person in Virginia at $15,256, followed by Maryland at $13,829 and Alaska at $13,730, the bureau said.
States with the lowest federal per-capita spending were Utah at $6,255, Nevada at $6,638 and Wisconsin at $7,132.
Washington also gave out $575 billion in grants last year, representing nearly 21 percent of federal spending, the bureau said.
The three top granting departments were Health and Human Services at $374 billion, Transportation at $53 billion and Education at $37 billion.
Those departments made up 81 percent of all 2008 federal grants, the bureau said.
Contracts to buy goods and services accounted for about $514 billion, or 18 percent, of federal spending, with defense contracts comprising 69 percent, followed by other federal agency contracts at 28 percent and the U.S. Postal Service, at 3 percent.
Salaries and wages for federal employees accounted for $254 billion, or 9 percent, of federal spending, the bureau said.
The biggest portion of this was for federal civilian payrolls, 39 percent, followed by defense payrolls at 36 percent and Postal Service payrolls, at 25 percent.
http://www.upi.com/Business_News/2009/07/23/US-gov-spending-rose-93-to-279T/UPI-54351248321660/
WASHINGTON, July 22 (UPI) -- U.S. government spending increased 9.3 percent in the Bush administration's final fiscal year to nearly $2.79 trillion, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday.
The figure is equivalent to $9,184 for every person living in the United States, the bureau said.
Medicare health insurance, Medicaid medical assistance for poor people and Social Security made up 48 percent of all federal spending, or $1.35 trillion, the bureau said. Of that amount, $659 billion went to Social Security.
Federal spending was highest per person in Virginia at $15,256, followed by Maryland at $13,829 and Alaska at $13,730, the bureau said.
States with the lowest federal per-capita spending were Utah at $6,255, Nevada at $6,638 and Wisconsin at $7,132.
Washington also gave out $575 billion in grants last year, representing nearly 21 percent of federal spending, the bureau said.
The three top granting departments were Health and Human Services at $374 billion, Transportation at $53 billion and Education at $37 billion.
Those departments made up 81 percent of all 2008 federal grants, the bureau said.
Contracts to buy goods and services accounted for about $514 billion, or 18 percent, of federal spending, with defense contracts comprising 69 percent, followed by other federal agency contracts at 28 percent and the U.S. Postal Service, at 3 percent.
Salaries and wages for federal employees accounted for $254 billion, or 9 percent, of federal spending, the bureau said.
The biggest portion of this was for federal civilian payrolls, 39 percent, followed by defense payrolls at 36 percent and Postal Service payrolls, at 25 percent.