Kid’s Share: An Analysis of Federal Expenditures on Children Through 2008

November 12, 2009 Julia B. isaacs, The Brookings Institution, Tracy Vericker, The Urban Institution, Jennifer Macomber, The Urban Institution, and Adam Kent, The Urban Institute write in this report that less than one-tenth of the federal budget was spent on children in 2008. Well over a third of the federal budget was allocated to the elderly and disabled for the non-child portions of Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The children's share of the tax expenditure budget was also less than 10 percent. This third annual Kids? Share report examines expenditures on children during a time federal budgets . . .