taxpayer dollars
- governmentAuthority over a state
- spendingOutlaying of funds
- budgetPlan for spending
- taxesMandatory government payments
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
public · revenue · deficit · waste · accountability · federal · allocation · citizens · audit · treasury · subsidy · earmark · bailout · pork · fiscal · appropriation · expenditure · bureaucracy
funding source
taxpayer dollarsprivate investment
Funding outside public markets
venture capital · out-of-pocket expenses · philanthropy · membership dues · foreign investment
fiscal responsibility framing
taxpayer dollarsslush fund
Hidden discretionary money pool
dark money · discretionary spending · petty cash · mad money · black budget
economic flow direction
taxpayer dollarsgovernment benefits
State-provided citizen support
government subsidies · tax refunds · unemployment benefits · public assistance · entitlements