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At the federal level, if https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-bud... is to be believed:

Social Security, Unemployment & Labor: 39.63%

Medicare & Health: 22.67%

Military: 10.91%

Education: 6.21%

Interest on Debt: 4.27%

Veteran's Benefits: 4.27%

Everything Else: 12.04%

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Looking at where the money goes would make you think everything is fine. Most of it seems to be dedicated to good social outcomes. But in reality that money is being wasted and the services we get for it are a total joke.

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