Egg Prices and the Pentagon Budget: A Tax Day Lament

Tax Day: Think eggs are expensive? Wait until you see Trump’s Pentagon budget

Each year for Tax Day, my colleagues and I at the Institute for Policy Studies release a tax receipt so you can learn where your taxes are actually going. This year, you may be more worried about the price of eggs than your tax dollars. But with President Trump now urging a $1 trillion military budget, it’s worth thinking about what we’re already spending. Last year, the average taxpayer paid $3,707 for weapons and wars. That’s the equivalent of…

Egg Prices and the Pentagon Budget: A Tax Day Lament

Last year, the average taxpayer paid $3,707 for weapons and wars. That’s the equivalent of 628 dozen eggs. We need to talk more about why this is.