Rigby5
Diamond Member
Actually, not true. The biggest line items on the Federal Budget are Social Security (1.2 Trillion) and Medicare (800 billion). Defense spending comes in at 768 billion. Most of what the government spends are in fact payments to people.
Totally wrong.
Social Security is not even remotely part of the Federal Budget.
It used to be totally self financing, and still is almost totally self financing.
Medicare is also self financing, actually being health insurance paid through Social Security.
The defense spending is actually much higher than recorded, since the VA, GIBill, and national debt interest is actually all defense spending really.
Here is a closer to more accurate view.
If you see Social Security being included, then it is not discretionary and is not real, but is fake instead.
Social Security is not and never can be part of the federal budget.