Cost of Government Day, 2007: July 11
Cost of Government Day for 2007 is July 11. Americans now work more than half of the year - 192 days to pay their share of the cost of government with 84.5 of those days due to federal spending alone. This year, the average American will need to work an additional 6 days out of the year to pay off his or her cost of government compared to 2000.