52% of the budget goes to entitlements. 16% goes to defense. That chart you posted is simply not correct. I think they confused discretionary spending with tot

52% of the budget goes to entitlements. 16% goes to defense. That chart you posted is simply not correct. I think they confused discretionary spending with total spending. https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/spending/ https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-bud...