Every lever here is honest. There is no free money: cut a program and the app tells you what that program does. Raise a tax and it says who pays .
Spending
Drag down to cut · drag up to expandSocial Security
Monthly retirement, survivor, and disability benefits to roughly 68 million people — for most retirees it is the majority of their income.
Medicare
Health coverage for people 65+ and many with disabilities — hospital stays, doctor visits, and prescription drugs.
Medicaid & CHIP
The federal share of health coverage for low-income families, children, people with disabilities, and most nursing-home care.
National Defense
Pay and benefits for service members, ships, aircraft, weapons, operations, and military readiness worldwide.
Income Security
SNAP (food assistance), unemployment insurance, the refundable tax credits, SSI, and housing aid — the safety net during hard times.
Veterans' Benefits
Disability compensation, pensions, and VA health care earned by those who served in the armed forces.
Other Health
ACA marketplace subsidies, public-health agencies (CDC/NIH-adjacent operations), and other non-Medicare health spending.
Education & Training
Title I aid to high-poverty schools, Pell Grants for college, special-education (IDEA) funding, and workforce training.
Transportation
Highways, bridges, transit, air-traffic control, and rail — the physical network that moves people and goods.
Net Interest on the Debt
Interest owed on money already borrowed. This is contractual — it is not a program you can vote to cut, only something deficits make bigger over time.
Everything Else
Science and NASA, courts and law enforcement, diplomacy and foreign aid, national parks, agriculture, the IRS, and the rest of government operations.
Revenue
Drag up to raise · drag down to cutIndividual Income Tax
The single largest source of federal revenue — taxes on wages, salaries, and investment income, collected through the bracket system.
Payroll Tax
Social Security and Medicare taxes split between workers and employers — dedicated funding for those two programs.
Corporate Income Tax
Tax on corporate profits. Economists disagree on how much is ultimately borne by shareholders versus workers.
Other Receipts
Excise taxes (fuel, alcohol, tobacco), customs duties and tariffs, estate and gift taxes, and Federal Reserve remittances.