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In case you need me to Google that for you some more... US GDP is currently 21.43 Trillion dollars. 7% of that is 1.5 Trillion dollars. The 2020 Federal budg

In case you need me to Google that for you some more... US GDP is currently 21.43 Trillion dollars. 7% of that is 1.5 Trillion dollars. The 2020 Federal budget was 4.79 Trillion dollars. So, pensions are roughly a quarter of federal government spending every year and growing.

chickenpotpie 5y ago
Since when is a quarter “most of” You’re disagreeing with yourself
- trboyden 5y ago
  If you plotted all the other things the government spends money on, pensions would be the biggest chunk. Stop being dense.
- trboyden 5y ago
  By comparison, the US only spends 3.4% GDP on the military per year.