A Gift from the White House: Your 2013 Federal Taxpayer ReceiptMelissa Melton Thats right, just click on the link and you, too, can have the pleasure of entering your personal tax information to find out how much of your money Thievery Incorporated, er, the White House claims went where. The tagline reads, the Taxpayer Receipt gives you a breakdown of how your tax dollars are spent on priorities like education, veterans benefits, or health care. (Because, at just a quick glance its quite obvious that education at 1.66% and veterans benefits at 5.44% were real top priorities.) Actually half 49.98% went to healthcare and national defense. But dont kid yourself. What we call defense is actually called offense by a large part of the rest of the world. Still, its interesting to see that the U.S. spent 24.79% on national defense but only 2.06% on immigration, law enforcement and administration of justice together. Although we are spending way more than any other country on the planet on healthcare an amount equivalent to nearly 18% of our countrys gross domestic product (GDP) apparently it isnt garnering us very much in return, considering as a nation we are sitting at 42nd in life expectancy as compared to all other countries. Perhaps if wed spent more on health research and food safety, which only got 1.43%, wed be a little higher on that list. I didnt see a line on that list for all the presidents family vacations. Im sure its in there somewhere, as Obama has been dubbed the most internationally traveled president in his first five years. Just the flight expenses of two of the Obamas vacations last year one to Africa at $8,104,224 and the familys Christmas trip to Honolulu, Hawaii at $7,781,361 clocked in at nearly $16 million. And dont forget Michelle and her daughters tagging along to Dublin, Ireland where they had lunch with U2 lead singer Bono, tossing on an additional $5 million to that trips tab according to info which had to be forcibly obtained through a Judicial Watch lawsuit. And dont even get me started on the individual studies we actually do pay for, which include pressing scientific issues like this $3 million research that involved putting sick shrimp on treadmills. Then again, we all know this electronic receipt is worth the paper its printed on; recall what the 1984 Grace Commission Report released under Ronald Reagan determined: And dont forget the Federal Reserve because thats just never going to be paid off. Ever. Melissa Melton is a writer, researcher, and analyst for The Daily Sheeple, where this first appeared,and a co-creator of Truthstream Media. Wake the flock up! 