I assume “Other purposes” is govt kickbacks to mining and gas companies 😬
This would be neat to see for the US
Health wouldn’t be on there at all because fuck em
Defense would be spelled correctly and be so large that it would need to be on its own section, because the chart scale would distort things so badly that everything else would look like a sliver above zero
Education would be smaller than your immigration
Welfare, depending on the administration, would likely be some derogatory categorization for each group just to piss off their base
“other” would be the best biggest thing after Defense and provide no details, because it would be corporate subsidies and that would look bad
This is very easy to find with a simple google search. Here’s the year-to-date spending for 2023:
$1.01T social security
$673B health
$636B medicare
$623B income security
$610B defense
$494B net interest
$220B veteran benefits & services
$201B education, training, employment, and social services
$89B transportation
$74B community and regional development
$179B other
https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/
So the comment you’re replying to was pretty much completely incorrect. Wonder if they’ll revise their statement
Of course not, because it’s much easier to just go “haha America dumb and bad”
Can’t let the facts get in the way of that.
Maybe I’m reading this wrong, but is the USA spending $1.3T on healthcare and it’s still not free?
Health wouldn’t be on there at all because fuck em
The US actually does spend an incredible amount of money on healthcare compared to other countries. Nearly $2 trillion in the budget for FY 2023 alone. Medicare and Medicaid comprising the majority of that spending.
The US spends about twice as much per person for healthcare out of taxes than comparably rich nations do.
The problem isn’t the budget, it’s the cost. Healthcare is way too damn expensive in the US compared to elsewhere.
USA:
Defense: |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| ||||||||
Boomer Welfare: |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| ||||||||
Interest on Debt: |||||||| ||||||||
Everything Else: |
As yet, social security is still a SELF-FUNDING program that lends money to the general fund. I’m gen-x, not a boomer. Stop buying into generational warfare. We have more in common with working class boomers than with gen Z tech bros.
social security is still a SELF-FUNDING program
It’s also had negative cash flow for the last decade despite exponentially growing future obligations, and is currently trending towards insolvency by 2033. That’s what happens when you detach expenditures from taxes. So while boomers are simultaneously enjoying low taxes and reaping the benefits of social security, the fund will run out of money before it can have any chance of paying out for millennials. It’s not like the social security taxes I’m paying now are being “set aside” for me - they’re going directly into the welfare checks for my parents.
and what’s wrong with “social services” having a negative cash flow? It’s to help people in need, that’s the entire purpose of taxes, to help the community/country. why do people think that any government systems should be positive cash flow like it’s a business? LOL
As someone who has spent a lot of their time around wanna be gen z tech bros, 99% of people have more in common with a damn antelope than gen z tech bros, especially the fanatically devoted ones. Those guys make some Jonestown people look like they aren’t weren’t in a cult
In the US we just all know that it’s bombs to kill the enemies of whoever the companies are allowed to sell them to, and fighter jets that don’t work.
Cries in American 😥
Eww you guys are getting close to spending more on education than the military. Slippery slope.
if you can’t tell this is sarcasm, then you might not be best placed to be on the internet message boards, as you might misunderstand 99% of comments
