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Absolutely. 62% of the budget goes to social security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The rest is discretionary spending and a bit more than half of that goes to “defe
by wmeredith 8y ago
Absolutely. 62% of the budget goes to social security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The rest is discretionary spending and a bit more than half of that goes to “defense”.
Source: https://www.thebalance.com/u-s-federal-budget-breakdown-3305789 https://www.thebalance.com/u-s-federal-budget-breakdown-3305...
- adventured 8y agoThat's just the federal budget. US taxes & spending include local + state + federal. Leaving off the other $3.x trillion in taxation & spending, nearly an entire other federal government, paints a very incomplete picture. The military is 10% of all government spending in the US. Total government spending is around $7.2 trillion for 2018.