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> America already spends more of its federal budget on entitlements than the military, contrary to what progressives will tell you Do you have a source that su

> America already spends more of its federal budget on entitlements than the military, contrary to what progressives will tell you Do you have a source that supports your statement?

MattGaiser 6y ago
Here you go. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expenditures_in_the_United_States_federal_budget#/media/File:2019_Federal_Budget_Infographic.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expenditures_in_the_United_Sta...
Der_Einzige 6y ago
It's common knowledge. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid alone account for more than half of the total federal budget (before covid) Progressives will tell you that these are expensive programs. Progressive wants to significantly cut the military, and replace medicare/medicaid with a single-payer universal system which would be far cheaper. They also want higher taxes to help fund these programs and redistribute wealth from the wealthy to the poor.
- diag 6y ago
  Medicare is hardly a wealth redistribution scheme. Everybody needs healthcare. While a fully organized single payer health system is obviously a massive expense, it is still the more financially moderate option compared to what we have today.
eel 6y ago
The raw data can be gathered from congress.gov, but here's a summary graphic for 2019: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#/media/File:2019_Federal_Budget_Infographic.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#/... It depends on your definitions of entitlements and military, but for example, social security spending was at $1.0 trillion compared to $676 billion for defense.
- pinkfoot 6y ago
  Notice that veterans affairs and a lot of the DOE is filed under 'not military'.
  - rumanator 6y ago
    To be fair, some of the US's defense spending sounds like a way to covertly fund "socialist" programs in a way that's politically tolerable. For example, a bunch of weapons programs appear to be driven by the need to artificially create jobs in some precise locations.
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hash872 6y ago
If this helps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#Major_expenditure_categories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#M...
manfredo 6y ago
This isn't just by a small margin. Both Social Security and Health and Human Services are close to twice the amount spent on defense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#/media/File:Federal_Revenue_and_Spending.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget

> America already spends more of its federal budget on entitlements than the military, contrary to what progressives will tell you Do you have a source that supports your statement?

MattGaiser 6y ago

Here you go. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expenditures_in_the_United_States_federal_budget#/media/File:2019_Federal_Budget_Infographic.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expenditures_in_the_United_Sta...

Der_Einzige 6y ago

It's common knowledge. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid alone account for more than half of the total federal budget (before covid) Progressives will tell you that these are expensive programs. Progressive wants to significantly cut the military, and replace medicare/medicaid with a single-payer universal system which would be far cheaper. They also want higher taxes to help fund these programs and redistribute wealth from the wealthy to the poor.

diag 6y ago
Medicare is hardly a wealth redistribution scheme. Everybody needs healthcare. While a fully organized single payer health system is obviously a massive expense, it is still the more financially moderate option compared to what we have today.

eel 6y ago

The raw data can be gathered from congress.gov, but here's a summary graphic for 2019: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#/media/File:2019_Federal_Budget_Infographic.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#/... It depends on your definitions of entitlements and military, but for example, social security spending was at $1.0 trillion compared to $676 billion for defense.

pinkfoot 6y ago
Notice that veterans affairs and a lot of the DOE is filed under 'not military'.
- rumanator 6y ago
  To be fair, some of the US's defense spending sounds like a way to covertly fund "socialist" programs in a way that's politically tolerable. For example, a bunch of weapons programs appear to be driven by the need to artificially create jobs in some precise locations.
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]

hash872 6y ago

If this helps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#Major_expenditure_categories https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#M...

manfredo 6y ago

This isn't just by a small margin. Both Social Security and Health and Human Services are close to twice the amount spent on defense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#/media/File:Federal_Revenue_and_Spending.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#/... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget