You're obviously more accomplished at this than I am. When I Googled what is the greatest proportion of US debt, I couldn't understand it. There is $38 trillion in US debt. The US has never had that much money nor can it expect to in the future. That means they're using Monopoly money. $1T of that is spent on the military, about 15%. What is not calculated into military spending is our interest on debts from America's past wars. We're still paying interest on WWII despite the prosperity of the 50s. Even this chart is not really accurate because of the current NDAA. Social Security is greater, roughly 22%, or $1.5T. SS past debt is ~$8T! If either of these were to change that would be by act of Congress. Defunding SS would bring a major rebellion. Medicare, Medicaid and Affordable Care are a bigger part of US debt. In fact, all those cost $5.7T by year. In fact, from these figures, it looks like the US kills people at home and abroad. What's scary is that at least 25% of US debt is held by foreign countries with China's being the biggest slice. It's lucky the US is also China's biggest market otherwise they'd cut us off at the knees by calling in their share. The US would have to default. No bankruptcy for govts. Well, except moral bankruptcy. Social services are, and should be, the biggest "driver" of US spending. There are a limited number of Yanqs and they deserve our care. If the military were drawn down, if the rich were taxed proportionately, we'd have enough for everybody. I should point out that greed alone runs current US healthcare & pharma. Many, many poorer countries than ours boast universal healthcare. With States' rights, this would have to be done state-by-state as in Canada. But with 50 states, it would get complicated. Some might say there would be doctor flight. But honestly where would they go? Everywhere else has universal healthcare!
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