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by coldtea 2442 days ago
If it takes taxes from some other BS, like military spending, it is practically free.
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behringer 2442 days ago
I don't know why you'd be downvoted. 60 percent of the national budget goes to military.
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vonmoltke 2441 days ago
No, it doesn't. Slightly less than half of the discretionary portion of the budget goes to defense programs. The discretionary portion is only about 33% of the total budget, meaning defense programs take about 16% of the total budget.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#/...

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behringer 2441 days ago
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0070_discretionary_spendi...

Don't forget to include veterans benefits

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jerkstate 2441 days ago
that's not even close to correct, the USA does spend a lot on military but it does not do your argument any good to make up numbers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget
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behringer 2441 days ago
https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0070_discretionary_spendi...

Don't forget to include veterans benefits

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