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fwiplast Tuesday at 10:52 PM1 replyview on HN

I think the common miscommunication here is that defense is the largest part of the US discretionary budget (about half overall), but that doesn't include those non-negotiable things like Social Security, Medicare, etc .


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actionfromafaryesterday at 12:10 AM

Trump doesn't want to do Medicare etc anymore. The states can do that now.