The United States spends more on healthcare just for the elderly as it does its entire, famous military budget. The spends 70% more on Medicare & Medicaid combi

The United States spends more on healthcare just for the elderly as it does its entire, famous military budget. The spends 70% more on Medicare & Medicaid combined, than the entire military budget. It spends more than three times as much on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid than on the entire military budget. If you add in PPP, unemployment, and the stimulus checks, you're looking at 4-5x more social spending than entire military budget. Here, look at the numbers from the Congressional Budget Office yourself: https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57170 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/57170