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Social Security + Medicare + Medicaid is 50% of the federal budget. Defense is another 17%. So the purpose of the government is mostly income redistribution and
by dmm 9y ago
Social Security + Medicare + Medicaid is 50% of the federal budget. Defense is another 17%. So the purpose of the government is mostly income redistribution and defense.
- cjbenedikt 9y agoWhere do your nbrs come from? https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/US_fed_spending_pie_chart https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/US_fed_spending_pie_cha...
- 24gttghh 9y agoThose numbers confirm the stats, and actually prove GP's point better (that the gov't is mostly medicare/aid, social security, and defense; half being the former, and ~22% being spent on defense), and are similar to numbers from the CBO [0] [0] https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/budgetinfographic.pdf https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments...
- dmm 9y agoI was using the numbers for 2015. The years after that aren't significantly different. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/US_Federal_Budget_Comparison_2016_vs._2015.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/US_Feder...