In addition to the clarification of intentions, military spending is in fact 54% of federal discretionary spending. Entitlement programs like SS and Medicare/M

In addition to the clarification of intentions, military spending is in fact 54% of federal discretionary spending. Entitlement programs like SS and Medicare/Medicaid are raised on a separate tax (you can see it on your paystub), and have zero discretion in how they're spent. It's determined by statute and is automatic, not part of the budget process, and the money never really mixes with the rest of the federal budget. If you take those out, and take out interest payments which we also don't have much choice in, military spending is 54% of the money that's actually at issue when Congress makes budget decisions. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0177/6150/t/2/assets/DeathAndTaxes2016-Watermark.jpg https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0177/6150/t/2/assets/Death...