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> Holy cow, i thought something like %40 of the US economy went towards military No, you're thinking of welfare/social security Edit: anyone care to explain t
by ythl 10y ago
> Holy cow, i thought something like %40 of the US economy went towards military
No, you're thinking of welfare/social security
Edit: anyone care to explain the downvotes? My data comes from here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/interactive-budget https://www.whitehouse.gov/interactive-budget
Add together social security, income security, and other welfares, and you get ~40% of the budget.
- monkmartinez 10y agoNo one likes to hear the truth. I gave you an upvote because saying that medicare, social security waste, and welfare are more expensive that the military ruins the little utopia's HN'ers have built up in their minds.