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Re:The Angry Rich by DannoHung on Monday September 20, 2010 @03:15PM (#1710131)
63% of the discretionary budget.

If you look at non-discretionary spending as well, you'll see that it's like.. less than 20% of the money spent.

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Re:The Angry Rich by il on Monday September 20, 2010 @04:31PM (#1710393)
Right, all I was saying is that the majority of the _income tax_ you pay goes to military spending. I'm not counting FICA, as nobody is discussing raising or lower those taxes.
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