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by M95D 13 days ago
I'm not from US. How is federal gov. spending on seniors? AFAIK, there are no state pensions. Or am I wrong?
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Unfortunately you are wrong. While people don't "own" a pension, they do get government payments for life after they hit age 65 as long as they (very minimal) work to earn an income during their working years. (This is social security). They also get free healthcare for life at 65 and if they are unable to pay for full time round-the clock hospital care they get that free too (Medicaid).

All-in the US governments spends $2,700 billion per year on seniors which is nearly triple the defense spending.