hmm. US welfare spending as a percent of GDP is near record levels since 1900. https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/rev/google_vis.php?title=Welfare%20Spendin

hmm. US welfare spending as a percent of GDP is near record levels since 1900. https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/rev/google_vis.php?title=Welfare%20Spending%20In%2020th%20Century&units=p&size=800_600&legend=Welfare-total&year=1900_2022&sname=US&bar=0&stack=1&col=g&source=i_i_a_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_a_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_a_i_i_i_i_a_i_i_i_i_a_i_a_i_a_i_a_i_a_i_a_i_a_i_a_i_a_i_a_i_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_i_a_i_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_g_g_g&spending0=0.11_0.13_0.17_0.16_0.17_0.15_0.15_0.14_0.16_0.15_0.15_0.16_0.15_0.14_0.17_0.17_0.15_0.14_0.12_0.12_0.12_0.16_0.23_0.21_0.22_0.22_0.22_0.23_0.25_0.28_0.37_0.52_0.82_1.32_1.53_1.44_1.31_1.46_1.83_2.00_2.08_1.74_1.42_1.05_0.84_1.02_1.21_1.22_1.22_1.66_1.90_1.52_1.34_1.27_2.01_1.43_1.20_1.29_1.66_1.71_1.59_1.83_2.19_2.08_1.93_1.74_1.44_1.32_1.40_1.50_1.75_2.35_2.39_2.03_2.25_3.28_3.85_4.01_3.45_3.19_3.79_4.02_4.12_4.40_3.56_3.81_3.47_3.45_3.38_3.18_3.44_4.07_3.13_3.16_2.90_2.92_2.75_2.58_2.33_2.25_2.15_2.35_2.73_2.97_2.61_2.41_2.32_2.29_2.73_3.64_4.47_4.08_3.46_3.12_2.83_2.50_2.44_2.30_2.13_2.13_5.74_8.21_3.48 https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/rev/google_vis.php?titl... Meanwhile, US Defense spending as a percent of GDP has been trending down for decades. https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/rev/google_vis.php?title=20th%20Century%20Defense%20Spending&units=p&size=800_600&legend=Defense-fedy&year=1900_2022&sname=US&bar=0&stack=1&col=g&source=a_a_a_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_a_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_i_a_i_i_i_i_a_i_i_i_i_a_i_a_i_a_i_a_i_a_i_a_i_a_i_a_i_a_i_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_a_b_b&spending0=1.60_1.53_1.26_1.20_1.25_1.15_1.10_1.04_1.20_1.16_1.15_1.16_1.10_1.08_1.16_1.09_0.85_2.67_15.68_21.79_5.23_3.98_1.76_1.47_1.42_1.34_1.24_1.26_1.31_1.31_1.59_2.02_2.81_2.41_1.62_2.52_3.13_2.32_1.89_2.04_2.26_6.09_18.15_37.44_40.07_41.52_23.41_10.09_7.79_10.02_10.63_10.54_16.81_17.40_16.23_13.11_12.43_12.55_12.77_12.18_11.40_11.61_10.53_10.08_9.55_8.30_8.56_9.74_10.02_9.31_8.82_7.97_7.40_6.51_6.37_6.54_6.11_5.84_5.57_5.47_5.88_6.04_6.63_6.79_6.66_6.80_6.85_6.60_6.31_6.08_5.74_5.20_5.35_5.02_4.62_4.27_3.92_3.79_3.56_3.46_3.50_3.46_3.86_4.21_4.44_4.60_4.50_4.52_4.96_5.50_5.65_5.65_5.18_4.88_4.56_4.39_4.34_4.20_4.17_4.38_4.83_4.70_4.77 https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/rev/google_vis.php?titl...