SOURCE: Data from the Congressional Budget Office, Updated Budget Projections: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022, March 2012; Donald B. Marron, "How Large Are Tax Expenditures? A 2012 Update," Tax Policy Center Tax Facts, April 2012.
NOTE: All figures reflect projections for fiscal year 2012. Medicare spending is net of premiums and payments from the states. Those receipts were $85 billion in 2012. Income tax expenditures and revenues include both individual and corporate income taxes.
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