alt Hacker NewsThey literally don’t add up. Just look at a pie chart of the US government budget. The administrative state is a bargain.
Departments like the EPA are so small that they have to be put in the “other” umbrella that makes up 1% of federal spending (go to the Agency tab):
https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder...
sad, the spending chart doesn't load in my version of firefox, and both links in the caption also have page-load issues. very sad.