[SkyPilot]

Unlike providing for the common defense, much of that debt has been taken on by programs which have no Constitutional authorization.

Exactly.

[raybbr]

Unlike providing for the common defense, much of that debt has been taken on by programs which have no Constitutional authorization.

I agree. But, what are getting for the $600 billion? If spending that much money represents pre WWII levels what are we paying for.

And: "Our procurement system is corrupt and extremely inefficient, particularly for new weapons." All govt. bureaucracies are corrupt and bloated. The Pentagon is another bureaucracy.

[RFEngineer]

Here you go again. ANY chart that displays “percentage” on the left axis is designed to mislead.

[Smokin' Joe]

Have graphs for food stamps, Medicaid, welfare, housing subsidies, corporate bailouts/guaranteed loans, or benefits given to illegal aliens?

IMHO, it is one thing for granny to collect the SS she and/or grandpa paid into, another for Don' Juan Nojob to slip across the border and cash in.