I posted this earlier today in the tech lemmy instance, but, they have no sense of humor and deleted it. I’m trying here.

  • Tavarin@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Have you ever looked at US federal spending? 27% goes to healthcare, 21% goes to social security, 13% to income security, 13% to defense, then the rest is split between education, veterans benefits, transportation, and regional development/other.

    I know people like to meme the government spending, but the majority goes to healthcare, elder care, and veterans.

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      1 year ago

      I can’t wait until Snowden resurfaces and shows us how much of that 27% healthcare actually goes to healthcare and how much is skimmed to line people’s pockets.

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        1 year ago

        The US healthcare industry massively over charges for everything, so they are skimming in plain sight.

        Doesn’t change that only 13% goes to the DoD, where a fraction may be used to blow up hospitals. Not 66% as the previous poster implied.