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phainopepla2 | 17 days ago

It goes into the Treasury Department's general fund, where it's used as part of the federal government's overall budget

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mmooss|17 days ago

I think that's more important than people realize:

* The executive branch is doing its own appropriations, effectively - it's revenue they create and control, with little restriction (?).

* It's a way of shifting revenue from progressive taxation to regressive forms (for example, sales tax is another way to do that).