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LIFE IN AMERICA
By the Numbers
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$39
Trillion
$2.25
Trillion
The Amount Trump Added to the National Debt During His 1st Term
$8.4
Trillion
$3,452.73
How Much the Average US Taxpayer Paid Toward Interest on the US National Debt in 2024.
$308
Billion
How Much the Government is Estimated to have Borrowed in January, 2026
$900
Billion
How Much INTEREST Americans Pay Annually for the National Debt.
National Debt
How Much the One Big Beautiful Bill Cut in SNAP Benefits Over 10 Years.
How Much the One Big Beautiful Bill Cut in Federal Healthcare, including Medicaid, ACA Marketplace, and Medicare.
$186
Billion
How Much the One Big Beautiful Bill Gives to DHS Over the Next 4 Years, with $85 Billion Earmarked for ICE.
$170
Billion
How Much 2 New Private Jets for the Coast Guard Cost, Using US Taxpayer Money
$172
Million
Over
$1 Trillion
$4
Trillion
How Much the One Big Beautiful Bill Will Cost America Over the Next 10 years.
How Much The Trump Administration Cut From Medical Research Funding.
$4
Billion
American Priorities
How Much Trump is Giving to His “Board of Peace” with US Tax-Payer Funded Money.
$10
Billion
How Much the Department of Defense Spent in 2025.
$919
Billion
How Much Defense Secretary Hegseth Spent in September ’25 (the Last Month of the Fiscal Year).
$53
Billion
$2.5
Trillion
How Much is UNACCOUNTED for of the Pentagon’s $4Trillion in Assets. The pentagon Just Failed Its 8th Audit in a row.
BILLIONS
How much the US Will Lose in Lost Royalties & Fees and How Much Oil and Natural Gas Companies WILL SAVE because of discounts, tax breaks, & non-competitive leasing options from the One Big Beautiful Bill. It also mandates five lease sales in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska and four in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge over the next decade.
The Cost of the War with Iran After 12 days.
$16.5
Billion
$700
Million
How Much Taxpayer Money ICE Spent Buying 9 Warehouses in 2025.
The US is The Most Overworked Developed Nation in the World, yet 1 in 4 Households Still Lives Paycheck to Paycheck.
How Much Each American Family Has Paid in Tariff Costs Since Trump Entered Office.
2 in 5 Americans say living in America is no longer enjoyable. 17% of American adults want to move to another country in the next 5 years, with Millennials coming in at 25%, higher than any other group.
How Much It Costs for a Family of Four to Own a Home, Raise Two Kids, Send them to College, and Retire Comfortably.
$5
Million
$1700
Average Annual Cost for a Single Person, Not Including Housing.
$11,220
$29,016
Average Annual Cost for a Family of Four, Not Including Housing.
$14,570
$15,080
Annual salary (before taxes) for someone who earns minimum wage ($7.25), after 52 weeks of 40 hours.
20 States
Only Meet the Federal Hourly Minimum Wage.
$7.25
Hourly Federal Minimum Wage
842,000
How Many Workers in America (16 and older) who earned an hourly wage of $7.25 or less, in 2024.
How Much $15/ Hour Brings in Annually (BEFORE TAXES) working 40 hours/ wk x 52 weeks.
$31,200
The Average Monthly Rent for an Apartment (2025).
$19,908 annually. *Major Cities may be double this amount.
$1659
17 States
Have a Minimum Wage of $15/ hr or Higher. Washington D.C. has the highest minimum wage, at $17.95.
Cost of Living
Alabama, Georgia; Iowa; Idaho; Indiana; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Mississippi; North Carolina; North Dakota; New Hampshire; Oklahoma; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Wisconsin; Wyoming
$0
How Much Tesla Paid in US Federal Income Taxes in 2025. Tesla paid $0 in Federal Income Tax in 2024, too, Despite $2.3 Billion in Income
How Much Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, and Tesla AVOIDED in Federal Taxes in 2025, and WOULD HAVE PAID if they met the full 21% federal corporate income tax rate
$51 Billion
How Much Palantir paid in US federal income taxes on a net income of $1.6 Billion. Palantir, a software surveillance company, provides the US government with the technology to target specific neighborhoods and individuals.
$0
How Much Tesla Paid to Other Countries in Worldwide Tax Payments, of which Over $1 billion Was Paid to China
$1.2 Billion
Total US Taxpayers Paid in Individual Federal Income Taxes, in 2024.
$2.4 Trillion
How Much the Average US Taxpayer Paid in Federal Income Taxes in 2024
$17,766
Taxes In America
$0
How Much President Trump Paid in Federal Taxes in 11 out of 17 years (between 2000 and 2017).
$7.6 Trillion
Combined total wealth of American Billionaires (as of 9/25). 56% ($4.2 Trillion) Has NEVER Been Taxed.
Total Amount Spent By Health Services/HMO LOBBYISTS in 2025 to Influence.
$142
Million
How much the 7 largest publicly traded U.S. health insurers’ CEOS earned in combined total compensation in 2024.
$146
Million
Healthcare in America
$74 Billion
How much 31 Million Americans Borrowed in 2024 to Pay Medical Debt.
Total Collective Medical Debt Owed by over 100 Million Americans, as of 2023.
$200 Billion
2/3 of Medical Debts Are the Result of a One-time or Short-term Medical Expense Arising from Emergencies.
The United States Has One of the Most Expensive Health Systems in the World, with Almost 25% of Spending Considered Wasteful. The Average Per-Person Cost of Healthcare in other Wealthy Countries Is Less Than Half the Average of What Americans Pay Per Person.
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