Recommended · about 5 minutes
Quick Vote
Go through every major area of the federal budget. For each one, tell us: more, less, or about right. We’ll ask why on anything you’d cut. Simple, fast, mobile-friendly.
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You pay for the government.
Shouldn’t you have a say in how it spends your money?
We pay trillions in taxes every year and we’ve never had a real say in how the money gets spent. We vote for representatives. They write closed-door budgets. We watch from the sidelines.
Taxpoints fixes that. You tell us how you think your tax dollars should be spent — across every major area of federal spending — and we hold your answer up against what Congress actually does. The gap between the two is the whole story.
Two ways to vote, both free: a 5-minute Quick Vote, or an Advanced version where you allocate 10,000 points across the entire budget.
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Pick the experience that fits the time you have. Both are free.
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Advanced
You get 10,000 Taxpoints — each one worth $675 million. Start from current Congressional allocations and move points between categories until the budget reflects your priorities. For people who want to build the budget themselves.
Try Advanced →Why Taxpoints exists
There’s a gap between what Americans want from their government and what they’re getting. Americans now believe 59 cents of every federal tax dollar is wasted — the highest level ever recorded (Cato Institute, 2025). That frustration is near-universal, and it has never had a structured, measurable outlet.
Taxpoints exists to give it one. Every citizen gets a clear way to say how they want their tax dollars spent. We hold that up against what Congress actually does. The data is public. The voice is yours. And the deeper we go, the harder it becomes to look away.