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2022-04-27 04:28:35 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

In 2019 the federal government spent $2695 billion on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other aid programs, compared to $676 bn on defense. Total spending on public schools was $762 billion in 2017-18; spending on policing and incarceration totalled $205 bn in 2019. https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56324 https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmb https://www.moneygeek.com/living/state-policing-corrections-spending/

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• In 2019 the federal government spent $2695 billion on Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and other aid programs, compared to $676 bn on defense. Total spending on public schools was $762 billion in 2017-18; spending on policing and incarceration totalled $205 bn in 2019. https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56324 https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cmb https://www.moneygeek.com/living/state-policing-corrections-spending/