[DB]

We spend about 4.2% of GDP on our military. A constitutionally mandated function of the federal government.

Social spending is the problem and if not addressed it will continue to consume everything. Social spending is not mandated by the constitution. Much of it isn’t even authorized by the constitution...

[mamelukesabre]

We spend about 4.2% of GDP on our military. A constitutionally mandated function of the federal government.
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Nation building is not constitutionally mandated. Social security is mandated by current law.
we spend approx equal amounts on defense and social security. They both need to be cut.

[Nowhere Man]

Social spending is the problem and if not addressed it will continue to consume everything. Social spending is not mandated by the constitution. Much of it isn’t even authorized by the constitution...

Yeah, that reminds me of a joke in another thread I was on about a potential new fighter jet. The jet would cost so much that by 2054, we could only afford one so each week, we let the Air Force use it for 3 days, the Navy uses it for the next 3 days and we let the Marines have it for 1. B-P BTW, I do agree with you on the Constitutionality of social spending.