Article posted Wednesday, January 29, 2014 3:55pm
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The New York Times took a look at the $1.1 trillion spending bill that passed the House and Senate in mid-January, and broke down the spending to show how much each program included costs per U.S. resident. Here are some highlights:
$1,802
The cost of military spending per U.S. resident, $572 billion in total.
$1
The cost of the Peace Corps per U.S. resident, $379 million in total.
$259
The cost of food stamps, or SNAP, per U.S. resident, $82 billion in total.
$8
The cost of the Food and Drug Administration per U.S. resident, $2.5 billion in total.
$2,672
The cost of Social Security per U.S. resident, $848 billion in total.
$1,591
The cost of Medicare per U.S. resident, $505 billion in total.
$33
The cost of Customs and Border Protection, $10.5 billion in total.
$26
The cost of the Environmental Protection Agency, $8 billion in total.
Source: New York Times