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As always, almost all federal spending is entitlements, interest, and the military. https://www.pgpf.org/article/chart-pack-the-us-budget/ https://www.pgpf.org
by trelane 2y ago
As always, almost all federal spending is entitlements, interest, and the military.
https://www.pgpf.org/article/chart-pack-the-us-budget/ https://www.pgpf.org/article/chart-pack-the-us-budget/
https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/ https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder...
- Jupe 2y agoWhy is Social Security always represented as an expense along with things like defense and administration? It is sourced from separate taxes and has no business in the US govt. budget.
- alabastervlog 2y agoIt’s typically motivated by some desire to slant the figures, or else just not realizing how the funding is structured. Serious discussion of the budget doesn’t include Social Security.
- Salgat 2y agoYeah people don't realize how tiny federal employees are as a part of our budget. Even firing half of all federal employees only amounts to a paltry 2% savings on our budget. The gop's increased military spending in the latest proposed budget dwarfs those savings.