The Average Taxpayer Shelled Out Over $4,000 for War and Weapons Last Year
Americans want a government that supports them when times are tough—not one that shakes us down for endless wars.
Tax Day 2026: The Average Taxpayer Paid $4,049 for War and Weapons
Wars don’t just cost taxpayers at the pump. Here’s what the average taxpayer spent for different priorities in 2025.
Trump’s Budget Policies Make the Poor Poorer to Pay for War and Help the Rich
The theme of this administration’s budget priorities: taking from the poor to enrich the wealthy and inflict violence at home and abroad.
NEW: In 2025, the average American’s income taxes funded $4,049 for war and weapons and only $2,492 for Medicaid
The latest Tax Receipt from the National Priorities Project at the Institute for Policy Studies shows that far more tax dollars went to war and weapons instead of addressing the cost of living crisis.
The IPS Iran Reader
A one-stop guide to IPS work on the crisis in Iran and the wider Middle East. Updated periodically.
Trump’s Budget Has Endless Funds for War, but Not Much to Help Americans
“The President looked at the country, with our rising gas prices and nearly half of us struggling to afford basic necessities, and decided what we really need is a bigger war budget.”
FACT SHEET: Medicaid and SNAP vs. $200b for War on Iran: State-by-State Impact
The $200b the Pentagon wants for Iran would be enough to restore and expand safety net programs in every state.
Our Tax Dollars Should Be Funding Our Communities, Not Trump’s War
For what the Pentagon wants for this war, we could easily restore SNAP and Medicaid benefits to struggling Americans.
Hegseth’s Request for $200 Billion for Iran War Should Go To Needy Americans
Pete Hegseth would rather the U.S. bomb Iranian families than feed American families. That’s the upshot of news that Hegseth is prepared to request $200 billion in funding for the…
Warren Slams Trump for Iran War Costing ‘American Taxpayers $11,500 Per Second’
An estimated cost of $1 billion per day for the Iran war is “higher than the appropriated budget of any federal agency except the Pentagon itself.”
