Taxpoints Launches on Tax Day: For the First Time, Americans Can Vote on the Federal Budget

Taxpoints is a civic platform that gives every American a direct vote on how their federal tax dollars should be spent — and measures the gap between what citizens want and what Congress actually delivers. For the first time, that gap is expressed not as a protest or a poll, but as a precise, structured, ongoing measurement in real numbers.

Launching on Tax Day 2026, Taxpoints asks voters to allocate 1,000 points across 14 federal budget categories. The aggregate result is the clearest picture ever taken of American spending priorities — and a direct comparison to Congressional appropriations.

Americans believe 59 cents of every federal tax dollar is wasted — the highest level ever recorded. 89% support a full audit of federal spending, including 83% of Democrats, 89% of independents, and 99% of Republicans. That near-universal frustration has never had a structured, measurable outlet. Until now.

Taxpoints is not a poll. It is not a petition. It is not a protest. It is a measurement — built to be credible, nonpartisan, and impossible for Congress to dismiss.

Taxpoints was built by an ordinary American taxpayer — not a Washington insider, not a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. The domain taxpoints.org has been held for over ten years, a decade of conviction that this platform should exist. It launches on Tax Day 2026 because the technology is ready, the frustration is at an all-time high, and waiting for the perfect moment is just another way of never doing anything.

For founder interviews and background: press@taxpoints.org

Every submission is verified for mathematical accuracy, screened for bot activity via Cloudflare Turnstile, and deduplicated by email address. One real person. One honest vote.

Results update daily. Citizen allocations are displayed alongside actual Congressional appropriations for direct comparison. The gap between what Americans want and what Congress spends is the primary data story. Full methodology available on request.

For methodology documentation: press@taxpoints.org

Taxpoints launches with the federal budget. That is the beginning, not the end.

Phase 2 introduces Anti-Points — a browsable database of real Congressional earmarks where citizens can register their opposition to specific spending items, item by item, dollar by dollar. Every objection is counted. Every earmark is tied to the legislator who requested it. For the first time, $22.7 billion in annual pork barrel spending gets a public disapproval rating — in plain numbers, from the people who paid for it.

The long-term goal of Taxpoints is a searchable public record showing how every member of Congress votes on appropriations compared to what their own constituents said they wanted. Not a poll. Not an opinion. A precise, district-level measurement of the gap between representation and reality. That’s where this goes.

State and local budgets follow. Every level of government where public money is spent and public voice has been absent.