taxpayer money
- taxesMandatory government payments
- budgetPlan for spending
- governmentAuthority over a state
- spendingOutlaying of funds
- publicAvailable to all
funds · revenue · citizens · deficit · wasteful · accountability · coffers · treasury · subsidies · grants · debt · fiscal · allocation · pork · earmarks · stimulus · bailout · refund
funding source
taxpayer moneyprivate investment
Funding outside public markets
personal savings · venture capital · private donations · foreign investment · charitable donations
ownership and control
taxpayer moneyprivate wealth
Individually owned financial resources
discretionary income · private property · personal assets · corporate assets · corporate profits
acquisition method
taxpayer moneyvoluntary contributions
Freely offered gifts
donations · gifts · sales revenue · fee-for-service · tips