A/HRC/27/51 (d) Energy, science and the environment: 3% Includes funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, National Science Foundation, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, most of the Department of the Interior, plus the Forest Service and Natural Resources Conservation Service. (e) To assist low income households: 16% This category includes programs such as housing, income, education, and food assistance that are available to people who meet certain income guidelines. Some help to alleviate poverty (food assistance, income supplements) while others provide a firm foundation and ladders out of poverty (such as housing, health care and education.) (f) Development, diplomacy and war prevention: 2% This tiniest category includes funding for all the ways we relate to the rest of the world that do not engage our military capacities – the entire State Department, including the diplomatic corps and the agency for international development, support for the United Nations and other international institutions and non-military aid to other countries.”95 95 40 “Where do your tax dollars go?” Data taken from graph available from www.fcnl.org/assets/flyer/FCNL_Taxes13_final.pdf.

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