Democrats Vote To Give Trump Obscene $717 Billion Mílítary Budget

[numberwang]

Military spending is actually at a record low, went to ca. 4% of GDP, down from 10% in the 1950s.

Meanwhile social spending went up from 4% to 15% of GDP in the same time.

 

The US gov spends 73% of its budget on humans services (mostly social security) and 15% on the military.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/04/what-does-the-federal-government-spend-your-tax-dollars-on-social-insurance-programs-mostly/

Last edited by numberwang - on 02 August 2018