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Re:Strikes spread as French unions intensify pension reform ... by creato on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @04:09PM (#35061252)
The top 3 chunks of spending are social security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The majority of that spending is payments to individuals or on behalf of individuals for medical bills. You can probably find the exact fraction of overhead for each program somewhere.
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Re:Strikes spread as French unions intensify pension reform ... by rootusrootus on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @05:26PM (#35062148)
> The top 3 chunks of spending

After national defense, you mean.

https://www.usaspending.gov/explorer/budget_function

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Re:Strikes spread as French unions intensify pension reform ... by creato on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @05:43PM (#35062352)
According to the link in the parent I replied to, social security and Medicare are larger, by more than 0.7%
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Re:Strikes spread as French unions intensify pension reform ... by rootusrootus on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @06:04PM (#35062601)
Hmmm, so do I trust a media source, or the gov't themselves. Decisions, decisions!
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Re:Strikes spread as French unions intensify pension reform ... by hcurtiss on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @07:48PM (#35063686)
On the site you link, 2020 and 2021 tell a different story, though only on the margin.
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