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You need me to Google Medicare budget and defense budget for you? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare

You need me to Google Medicare budget and defense budget for you? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_(United_States) >In 2020, US federal government spending on Medicare was $776.2 billion.[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_De... >Annual budget US$721.5 billion (FY2020)[2] Hopefully, I won't need a citation that $776 > $721

nerdponx 4y ago
Your source doesn't support your assertion: > NASA's budget is now $0 though, since the military budget all went to Medicare with nothing left to spare for anything else. Along with the FAA and every other government department.
vaidhy 4y ago
So, US spends approximately $12,000 per beneficiary per year. Given the cost of medical expenses, this does not seem too large..
- Tool_of_Society 4y ago
  Well the USA does spend the most per capita on health care. Meanwhile other first world nations pay about half that and get mostly better results...
blululu 4y ago
This does not back up the original claim in the slightest which was obviously a grotesque exaggeration. Please refrain from hyperbole and sarcasm - it damages the quality of the conversation.
ck2 4y ago
It's much worse than that. Defense budget is hidden by breaking it down to many many different divisions. "Homeland Security" is defense with massive budget but it's separate from Pentagon, DoD, etc. Anyone think the NSA budget for "defense" is included in Pentagon, DoD, Homeland Security? Anyone think the trillion dollars in weapons being sent to Ukraine for our proxy war with Russia is in any visible budget? Medicare meanwhile cannot hide all the spending, it's right there, even the fraud in the system is visible in the spending. But defense spending hides twice maybe even three times the spending.

nerdponx 4y ago

Your source doesn't support your assertion: > NASA's budget is now $0 though, since the military budget all went to Medicare with nothing left to spare for anything else. Along with the FAA and every other government department.

vaidhy 4y ago

So, US spends approximately $12,000 per beneficiary per year. Given the cost of medical expenses, this does not seem too large..

Tool_of_Society 4y ago
Well the USA does spend the most per capita on health care. Meanwhile other first world nations pay about half that and get mostly better results...

blululu 4y ago

This does not back up the original claim in the slightest which was obviously a grotesque exaggeration. Please refrain from hyperbole and sarcasm - it damages the quality of the conversation.

ck2 4y ago

It's much worse than that. Defense budget is hidden by breaking it down to many many different divisions. "Homeland Security" is defense with massive budget but it's separate from Pentagon, DoD, etc. Anyone think the NSA budget for "defense" is included in Pentagon, DoD, Homeland Security? Anyone think the trillion dollars in weapons being sent to Ukraine for our proxy war with Russia is in any visible budget? Medicare meanwhile cannot hide all the spending, it's right there, even the fraud in the system is visible in the spending. But defense spending hides twice maybe even three times the spending.