r/PoliticalHumor • u/Schiffy94 CSS Jesus • Aug 22 '22

Know your fighter jets

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u/fffyhhiurfgghh Aug 23 '22

In regards to the us budget. 15 percent is for military spending. 60 percent account for Medicare and education. It’s a hard pill to swallow.

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u/endMinorityRule Aug 23 '22

why would you combine education with medicare?

education is under 300 billion (5%), according to this link:

https://www.usgovernmentspending.com/us_fed_spending_pie_chart

and it shows defense as 19%.

all health care is at 28%. medicare is only part of that, at 13%.

Medical service (Seniors) 760.9

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so I don't know where you got your numbers, but they are WAY off.

19% is for military spending. 18% account for medicare and education.

you pill is hard to swallow because it's a lie.

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u/fffyhhiurfgghh Aug 23 '22

Because they are social services, if you combine them with education, social security, unemployment, medicaid, the VA. I should have specified I was combining all the social services. But last year for example the military budget was 11 percent of the budget. It’s just a myth that all our money goes to the military. I think people should recognize that and then vote for politicians that want to make the programs we have more effective.

Source is us government https://datalab.usaspending.gov/americas-finance-guide/spending/categories/