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Re:U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars, au... by ythl on Friday August 19, 2016 @02:42PM (#12322391)
> Holy cow, i thought something like %40 of the US economy went towards military

No, you're thinking of welfare/social security

Edit: anyone care to explain the downvotes? My data comes from here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/interactive-budget

Add together social security, income security, and other welfares, and you get ~40% of the budget.

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Re:U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars, au... by monkmartinez on Friday August 19, 2016 @03:16PM (#12322723)
No one likes to hear the truth. I gave you an upvote because saying that medicare, social security waste, and welfare are more expensive that the military ruins the little utopia's HN'ers have built up in their minds.
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