United States federal budget, 2009
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The United States federal budget for fiscal year 2009 was a spending request by President George W. Bush to fund government operations for October 2008-September 2009. Figures shown in this article do not reflect the actual appropriations by Congress for Fiscal Year 2009.
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[edit] Total receipts
Estimated receipts for fiscal year 2009 are 2.7 trillion(+7.1%).
- $1.25 trillion - Individual income tax
- $949.4 billion - Social Security and other payroll taxes
- $339.2 billion - Corporate income tax
- $68.9 billion - Excise taxes
- $29.1 billion - Customs duties
- $26.3 billion - Estate and gift taxes
- $47.9 billion - Other
[edit] Total spending
- Further information: Government spending
The President's budget for 2009 totals $3.1 trillion. Percentages in parentheses indicate percentage change compared to 2008. This budget request is broken down by the following expenditures:
- Mandatory spending: $1.89 trillion (+6.2%)
- $644 billion - Social Security
- $408 billion - Medicare
- $224 billion - Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
- $360 billion - Unemployment/Welfare/Other mandatory spending
- $260 billion - Interest on National Debt
- Discretionary spending: $1.21 trillion (+4.9%)
- $515.4 billion - United States Department of Defense
- $145.2 billion(2008*) - Global War on Terror
- $70.4 billion - Health and Human Services
- $59.2 billion - United States Department of Education
- $44.8 billion - United States Department of Veterans Affairs
- $38.5 billion - US Department of Housing and Urban Development
- $38.3 billion - State and Other International Programs
- $37.6 billion - Department of Homeland Security
- $25.0 billion - Energy
- $20.8 billion - Department of Agriculture
- $20.3 billion - Department of Justice
- $17.6 billion - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- $12.5 billion - Department of Treasury
- $11.5 billion - Department of Transportation
- $10.6 billion - United States Department of the Interior
- $10.5 billion - United States Department of Labor
- $8.4 billion - Social Security Administration
- $7.1 billion - Environmental Protection Agency
- $6.9 billion - National Science Foundation
- $6.3 billion - Judicial Branch
- $4.7 billion - Legislative Branch
- $4.7 billion - Corps of Engineers
- $0.4 billion - Executive Office of the President
- $0.7 billion - Small Business Administration
- $7.2 billion - Other Agencies
- $39.0 billion(2008*) - Other Off-budget Discretionary Spending
The financial cost of the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War are not part of the defense budget; they are appropriations.
[edit] Deficit
With projected receipts significantly less than projected outlays, the budget proposed by President Bush predicts a net deficit of approximately 407 billion dollars, adding to a United States governmental debt of about $9.4 trillion.
