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Military spending is less than a quarter of the budget. Medicare/caid is 55% more than the defense budget, to say nothing of social security or other domestic s
by cjf4 7y ago
Military spending is less than a quarter of the budget. Medicare/caid is 55% more than the defense budget, to say nothing of social security or other domestic spending. These may not be the right allocations, but domestic spending is hardly "austere".
- spamizbad 7y agoNot quite. The military budget itself is really just a base operating budget. Developments towards research, weapon systems, and even wars themselves can and are funded separately.