Mastodawn

@LilahTovMoon in the US
the answer is none since taxes do not fund spending at the federal level.
At the end of the day it doesn’t really matter where the money comes from because war is bad. But a lot of people have the mindset that govt spending is funded by taxes which is just not the case
They always have the money for war bc they have the money for anything they want to spend it on, which makes it worse in some sense.
the imperialist/fascist politics not you that is responsible

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Joykill Mar 14

@mattcolantonio
Please read the bare minimum about a subject before posting. Here are some of the taxes you might pay that fund the federal government, most notable to this topic might be the income tax, payroll tax and excise tax.

If you're earning at least $44,200 per year, 5.5% of that amount is paid directly to the federal government. At that income level, you individually get a tax rebate but your employer pays 7.8% for you.

@LilahTovMoon

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Joykill

@mattcolantonio
Top earners (>$1.4mil) contribute up to 22.3% to the feds in income and payroll taxation.

Additionally, if you buy any gasoline, tobacco or alcohol products, you're also contributing to the federal government via the excise tax.

@LilahTovMoon