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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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To: TimF who wrote (69128)5/1/2018 10:43:44 AM
From: zzpat  Read Replies (1) of 356892
 
Military spending is at $700 billion, not $574 and that was before the latest increase in spending.

A breakdown of spending can be found here.

Politifact

Category of spending

Percent listed in meme

 Category's share of 2015 discretionary spending

 Category's share of all 2015 spending (including both discretionary and mandatory spending)

Defense and homeland security

57

54

16

Education

6

6

3

Veterans

6

1

4

Housing and Urban Development

5

3

1

Health and Human Services

5

9

28

State Department and foreign aid

3

5

2

Energy and EPA

3

7

1

Science and NASA

3

2

1

Transportation

3

2

4

Labor

2

1

1

Food and agriculture

1

2

4

Social Security

0

1

25

Remainder*

6

7

9

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