Anil Kandangath created a site called 
Where did my tax dollars go?  It allows users to enter income and filing status, and produces a nifty interactive pie chart showing what Federal programs they paid for.  (Spending data via Louis Garcia and Andrew Johnson's 
What We Pay For.)  Here's the (non-interactive) output for a married/filing jointly family earning 
the median (2009) income of $49,777 (see page 40):
 
 
The results are similar to 
my figures, albeit entitlements are a bit lower in their chart--I'm not sure why.  Surf over to 
Where did my tax dollars go? and try yourself.
 
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