Sure, it's $60k per tax payer by just dividing the total paid by the tax payer cardinality. And in that sense, that much of the federal budget that you have a voice for was allocated in that way.
However, comparing that number to how much tax you're paying in a given year is wildly inaccurate.
The mean income tax paid in the US last year was ~$15k, but the median is closer to ~$5k [0]
The ultra wealthy pay very disproportionately more of the total income tax and skew the mean upward significantly.
Therefore, the average US tax payer would have contributed likely far less than $300/year at something more like <$100/year.
Sure, it's $60k per tax payer by just dividing the total paid by the tax payer cardinality. And in that sense, that much of the federal budget that you have a voice for was allocated in that way.
However, comparing that number to how much tax you're paying in a given year is wildly inaccurate. The mean income tax paid in the US last year was ~$15k, but the median is closer to ~$5k [0] The ultra wealthy pay very disproportionately more of the total income tax and skew the mean upward significantly.
Therefore, the average US tax payer would have contributed likely far less than $300/year at something more like <$100/year.
[0] https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/average-fed...