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Numbers for the 2016 Fiscal Year, all in Billions Pensions 996.0 Health Care 1,121.2 Education 126.2 Defense 829.1 Welfare
by Veelox 9y ago
Numbers for the 2016 Fiscal Year, all in Billions
Pensions 996.0
Health Care 1,121.2
Education 126.2
Defense 829.1
Welfare 377.2
Protection 37.7
Transportation 92.4
General Government 52.5
Other Spending 79.2
Interest 240.0
Total Spending 3,951.3
Defense as % of total: 21.3% (851.8/3999.5)
Defense as % of total minus social programs: 57.3% (851.8 / (3999.5-1011.6-1107.4-393.2) )
Note, the programs listed under Pensions, Health Care, and Welfare account for 62.8% of the budget. While you are correct in your statement, I don't like your conclusion. We should spend the 2.5 trillion on social programs more effectively not try and 3.3 trillion the same way.
- toomuchtodo 9y ago> While you are correct in your statement, I don't like your conclusion. We should spend the 2.5 trillion on social programs more effectively not try and 3.3 trillion the same way. https://www.nationalpriorities.org/campaigns/us-military-spending-vs-world/ https://www.nationalpriorities.org/campaigns/us-military-spe... https://media.nationalpriorities.org/uploads/wolrd_military_spending_barchart_large.png https://media.nationalpriorities.org/uploads/wolrd_military_... "The U.S. outpaces all other nations in military expenditures. World military spending totaled more than $1.6 trillion in 2015. The U.S. accounted for 37 percent of the total. U.S. military expenditures are roughly the size of the next seven largest military budgets around the world, combined." We spend too much on military spending, full stop. EDIT: Sidenote: Social security and Medicare very efficient as-is. They simply need more resources.