Please correct my tax mathematics. If there are 300 million people and our goverentment spends 3 trillion?

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dollars, then that is $10,000 per person or about $30,000 per household and if  you live in California (35 million population) with a state budget of $140 billion, then that is $4,000 or about $12,000 per family/household?  Thats $42k per family and does not include county and city spending?  How much of this is double counting because of the money that is passed on?

Form F · Accepted Answer

All of it is double counting. Count once and spend twice.

David M · Answer

You have other variables too. That population figure includes every man woman and child. The working population is a much smaller number.

Anonymous · Answer

You forgot about corporate taxes. They pay much more than the indivdual. Of course, the consumer pays for it in the end with higher cost of goods.

Sordenhiemer · Answer

You would need to do a lot of research to see what is double counted.  However, the states do receive a lot of funding from federal tax revenue.

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Please correct my tax mathematics. If there are 300 million people and our goverentment spends 3 trillion?

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