Cut defense spending to save Social Security, Medicare

... share of the federal budget ($902 billion). Ironically, that is similar to the 22 percent share spent on Social Security ($820 billion). Cut the defense budget to 10 percent of the federal budget, and both the Social Security and Medicare cost ...

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