2009 United States Federal Budget (Proposal). Please Note That The Democratically CONTROLLED House, Senate And Oval HAVE NOT PASSED A BUDGET SINCE Obama Became President!

2009 United States Federal Budget

[source: wikipedia]

The United States federal budget for fiscal year 2009 was a spending request by President George W. Bush (budget proposal) 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.

Total receipts

Estimated receipts for fiscal year 2009 are $2.7 trillion (+7.1%).

• $1.21 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

Total 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 - United States Department of Health and Human Services
• $68.2 billion - United States Department of Transportation
• $45.4 billion - United States Department of Education
• $44.8 billion - United States Department of Veterans Affairs
• $38.5 billion - United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
• $38.3 billion - State and Other International Programs
• $37.6 billion - United States Department of Homeland Security
• $25.0 billion - United States Department of Energy
• $20.8 billion - United States Department of Agriculture
• $20.3 billion - United States Department of Justice
• $17.6 billion - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• $12.5 billion - United States Department of the Treasury
• $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 - United States Environmental Protection Agency
• $6.9 billion - National Science Foundation
• $6.3 billion - Judicial branch (United States federal courts)
• $4.7 billion - Legislative branch (United States Congress)
• $4.7 billion - United States Army 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 War in Afghanistan are not part of the defense budget; they are appropriations. [By the way, President Obama has done the same with the multiple wars we are engaged in. (emphasis mine)]