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1. Michael Moore and others pointed this out years ago. Good article though.
Mon Aug 7, 2017, 06:48 PM
Aug 2017

Americans enjoy a strong national defense. As of April 2017, the U.S. spent $611 billion on defense, which, as the Peterson Foundation points out, is "more than China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, United Kingdom, India, France and Japan combined." Additionally, "the United States has historically devoted a larger share of its economy to defense than many of its key allies."
The military accounts for about half of all discretionary spending in America.
Education spending accounts for 6 percent of discretionary spending, and Medicare and health spending accounts for another 6 percent.

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