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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:20

by 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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