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If you tell a lie enough times, it becomes the truth. Wake me up when federal interest payments exceed the amount the feds spend on social programs, which far

If you tell a lie enough times, it becomes the truth. Wake me up when federal interest payments exceed the amount the feds spend on social programs, which far far exceeds the defense budget. [1][2] [1] https://usgovernmentspending.com/united_states_fed_spending_pie_chart https://usgovernmentspending.com/united_states_fed_spending_... [2] https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/spending/ https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-bud...

boole1854 4y ago
> If you tell a lie enough times, it becomes the truth. What's the lie supposed to be here?
- johncessna 4y ago
  It's typical journalistic manipulation. It's a garbage article meant to do two things. Scare people and tug on the belief, which is confirmed in these comments, that the US spends the most money on the military.
  - boole1854 4y ago
    > Scare people and tug on the belief, which is confirmed in these comments, that the US spends the most money on the military. I just don't see where the article stated or implied that military spending is the largest spending category. It noted that interest spending has surpassed VA and transportation spending, is around the same as education spending, and may soon surpass military spending. That doesn't mean military spending is the largest category any more than it means VA spending is the smallest category.
thomastjeffery 4y ago
I wouldn't classify ~4/5 of the total as "far far exceeds". That's 80 to 20.
greenhearth 4y ago
From your source: "By far, the biggest category of discretionary spending is spending on the Pentagon and military. In most years, this accounts for more than half of the discretionary budget."
- TMWNN 4y ago
  The fact that you do not understand what discretionary spending is in the federal budget proves johncessna's point.
- johncessna 4y ago
  And discretionary spending is a quarter of the total budget.
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boole1854 4y ago

> If you tell a lie enough times, it becomes the truth. What's the lie supposed to be here?

johncessna 4y ago
It's typical journalistic manipulation. It's a garbage article meant to do two things. Scare people and tug on the belief, which is confirmed in these comments, that the US spends the most money on the military.
- boole1854 4y ago
  > Scare people and tug on the belief, which is confirmed in these comments, that the US spends the most money on the military. I just don't see where the article stated or implied that military spending is the largest spending category. It noted that interest spending has surpassed VA and transportation spending, is around the same as education spending, and may soon surpass military spending. That doesn't mean military spending is the largest category any more than it means VA spending is the smallest category.

thomastjeffery 4y ago

I wouldn't classify ~4/5 of the total as "far far exceeds". That's 80 to 20.

greenhearth 4y ago

From your source: "By far, the biggest category of discretionary spending is spending on the Pentagon and military. In most years, this accounts for more than half of the discretionary budget."

TMWNN 4y ago
The fact that you do not understand what discretionary spending is in the federal budget proves johncessna's point.
johncessna 4y ago
And discretionary spending is a quarter of the total budget.

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