A Civic Social Experiment · Tax Day 2026

What would you fund?

Select your income bracket. Allocate your tax dollars. See what America would do.

Start the experiment →

Takes 3 minutes. No account needed. No data sold. Ever.

— people have already allocated their taxes

How it works

01

Choose your income bracket

Pick your bracket and filing status. We estimate your federal income tax in real dollars — no login, no W-2 required.

02

Allocate your budget

Drag sliders across 14 federal spending categories. Every dollar you move is a dollar you redirect from the actual budget.

03

See the results

Compare your choices to the real federal budget and to what everyone else would fund. The gaps are the story.

How the people are spending

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+8.0pp

Education

10.0% avg vs 2.0% actual

$535B more than actual

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-8.9pp

Social Security

12.1% avg vs 21.0% actual

$599B less than actual

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● Largest allocation
17.2%

Healthcare

$1,151B of average budget

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○ Smallest allocation
2.2%

International

$145B of average budget

View the full People’s Budget →

Imagine you’re on your last steps in TurboTax. A new screen pops up: Do you want to earmark your tax dollars?

Every year, Congress allocates trillions of dollars on your behalf. This year, we’re asking what would happen if, for five minutes, you decided how to spend your tax dollars.