Here's what the history looks like over 50 years from 1962 to 2011, so not quite 70 years and a little out of date, but today's numbers would hurt your case eve

Here's what the history looks like over 50 years from 1962 to 2011, so not quite 70 years and a little out of date, but today's numbers would hurt your case even more: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/05/14/152671813/50-years-of-government-spending-in-1-graph https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2012/05/14/152671813/50-y... In the early 60s military spending was half the federal budget, today it is around 16%. Social security was 13% of the budget in 1962, today it is 23%. Medicare did't exist in 1962, today it is 17% of the budget. Medicaid didn't exist in 1962, today it is 9% of the budget. Other safety net programs that did not exist in 1962 include CHIP, the ACA, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the Child Tax Credit. If there is a 70-year project to gut government it has been a massive failure, government spending has grown at the same rate as the economy. 70 years ago, the majority of the federal budget was military spending. About half the budget today is Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid, without taking into account the dozens of other social service programs.