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1 Andrew Chamberlain & Gerald Prante, Generational Equity: Which Age Groups Pay More Tax, and Which Receive More Government Spending 1 (2007)

handle is hein.taxfoundation/srbfgxz0001 and id is 1 raw text is: June 2007 No. 156 T-a-x id- Wijcjf Keccve oI~re (~uvtran p -' I. Introduction Do some age groups in America get a better deal from government than others? As America's growing number of retirees strains the nation's fiscal system, that question has be- come more important than ever. While many studies explore the fairness of taxes and govern- ment spending across income groups,1 few studies explore the distribution of tax burdens and government spending across age groups in the United States. A Lifet ne of Taxes and Spending As Americans move from youth to work- ing age to retirement they experience dramatic life changes. Shifts in work habits, health, rela- tionships, buying patterns, location and more directly affect household tax burdens as well as the amount that governments spend on them in return. Young and middle-aged households are targeted with the most spending on public schools, childcare services and welfare pay- ments, while elderly Americans are dispropor- tionately targeted with spending on old-age programs such as Social Security and Medi- care. How do these amounts of government spending compare to the tax burdens each age group pays to finance them? Just as it is important for lawmakers to un- derstand the fairness of taxes across young, P~ inig *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~0 As, thdayBo eeato rprst etlwaessoudb wr fte itiuino axsadgvrmn spndn acos ig groups. j; !1,1_ 1 ~ mria iougs oushod age 25adudrrcie 22i oenetsedn icholro ae adi thAn rougCha gvernen teaxes and sWopnding; WoR ie o-rmn l-nig nnly f Saean olfxadSedn Distributions, 19)1-2004. faa Foundation Wo ,kzngiape, No. 1(2007) Available at'ww tax=fonndatioo oirg/pobl iations/ s'ov./2213.1html. An;dreu) C'~mea; Econodmist -fax Fovu;d,& u; and Gerald Pranie Economist -fax Fvoun daiion,

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