Taxes - How Does The Government Spend Money?

Washington

State & Local Government Expenditures

By Function
$ Millions 2004-05

- K-12 Education = $9,232
- Public Welfare = $6,758
- Health & Hospitals = $4,939
- Higher Education = $4,527
- Governmental Administration = $1,940
- Highways = $2,765
- Housing, Community Development, Sewerage, Solid Waste = $2,684
- Natural Resources,
Parks & Recreation = $1,604
- Interest on General Debt = $1,844
- Correction = $1,355
- Police & Fire Protection = $2,169
- Other = $4,544
- Total = $44,360