[jwhitish]

Hi HN! Jacob here from WhereDoMyTaxesGo.

I started learning to code on January 1st, 2018 and this is my first real site that i've built without any tutorials or help - just figuring it out as I went!

Two years ago, this idea came out of a barroom debate on how much tax money gets split up between different governmental departments. Fast forward to today, and WhereDoMyTaxesGo is a cool little web app that takes your gross income and the state you live in, calculates a rough amount of taxes you pay, and then shows you how much of your tax dollars get dolled out to each government department in the proposed 2019 budget.

I know it's not quite perfect, but for a first product to put out there, I think it's pretty fun! I'm happy to answer any questions that you might have and am excited to hear what you all think!

[cpt1138]

Can you provide the feature to order by highest to lowest percentage. I used to love showing people another site that did this in aggregate (deadpooled atm) and it was clear the US spent most of its money on old people (Medicare) and war (Defense) and the paltry amount spent on Education, Science and Infrastructure was much more clearly showing how our money is spent.

[jwhitish]

Great idea! I'll add it to my improvements list! I mad it alphabetical thinking it would be easier to look up a particular department, but I agree, a numerical sorting would be nice too.