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Nerdy Note! What the Govt spends your money on?

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A fortnight ago, only one in five people of the over 7,000 who voted for the correct answer in the quiz on what the biggest area of govt. spending was (see vote result). So here’s the real answer.
1. Social Protection (pensions & benefits) £169 bn.
2. Health £111 bn.
3. Education £82 bn.
4. Public order & safety (inc policing) £33 bn.
5. Defence £33 bn.
6. Debt interest £31 bn.
7. Industry, farming, unemployment £22 bn.
8. Transport £21 bn.
1. Social Protection (pensions & benefits) £169 bn.
2. Health £111 bn.
3. Education £82 bn.
4. Public order & safety (inc policing) £33 bn.
5. Defence £33 bn.
6. Debt interest £31 bn.
7. Industry, farming, unemployment £22 bn.
8. Transport £21 bn.
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Mortgage Free ahead of schedule November 2008! :T
Calvin (to Hobbes) - "Sometimes the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere is that none of it has tried to contact us."
Benefits and Pensions - this is really shocking, we need to provide pensions and benefits for people who can't work through disability or health reasons (genuine health reasons). But if you are fit to work I am afraid the rule - you don't work, you don't eat should apply.
Thanks for sharing this nice information.:cool:
If the spend above is circa £500billion (which seems rather low to me) surely the taxes they raise must be way higher than this? and if so where is all that money going?
*Gordon Ramsey voice mode on* Can. Worms. Open. Done.
e.g. what does "benefits" include? What does "unemployment" include?
Actually, yes. The majority of that amount is spent on pensions...