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Regardless, the military is not the bulk of spending. It's maybe 50% of the discretionary budget, but the discretionary budget is only 1/3 of the US budget—2/3 is social programs (entitlements). That doesn't count debt service, either.
Any meaningful spending cuts MUST come from entitlements.
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Entitlements?
For a long long time the major expense the US govt had was pensions and payments to civil war vets or their relatives.
The current entitlements program for social spending on vets and their families is the 2nd biggest dept of the government ......after the military.
So where are you going to swing that axe on social spending?