It's not 60% of federal taxes: https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/spending/ https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/fe

It's not 60% of federal taxes: https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/spending/ https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-bud... It's 60% of discretionary spending or around 18% of all federal spending. The biggest programs are entitlements: social security and medicare.