Re:U.S. Science Is in Chaos
by dnautics on Thursday June 18, 2026 @10:13AM
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medicare, medicaid, ss is > 4 billion and dod is 1 billion, so its more like ~< 1/4. sorry i forgot to mention medicaid, also my bad. i was eyeballing a pie chart.
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Re:U.S. Science Is in Chaos
by Windchaser on Thursday June 18, 2026 @11:11AM
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Yeah, but I do think you need to count nukes, veteran's health, space launches for the Air Force, etc, also under "military spending". Better not to ignore them just because they're not properly under DoD.