For fiscal 2011, federal spending came to $3.6 trillion, and US population came to 313.85 million people.
If we taxed everyone equally as the US Constitution called for originally (you know, "direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states according to their respective numbers", which is one reason why we must have a census every ten years to begin with), all that federal spending in 2011 divided by all those millions of people comes to . . . wait for it . . . $11,480 owed per person.
The actual paid in tax revenues, for everything? $2.3 trillion, divided by 313.85 million people is . . .
. . . just $7,328 per person.
So pay up you deadbeats.
