The federal government is a big insurance company with an army.
Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 04:08PM
Skeptic in Politics, Social Security

In the 2010 federal spending budget, 20% is for defense and security, 6% is for interest on the federal debt, and 65% is for retirement, disability, medical, education, and other welfare programs. That leaves only 10% for everything else.  Hat tip to Mark Thoma who posted here the following pie chart from CBO.

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