Even if these numbers were correct, those "services" are not really comparable. Welfare gets returned to the economy almost immediately because the poor spend it on rent and food and other stuff. War expenses on the other hand get exported to other countries such as Irak or Afghanistan and then literally get blown up. The cost of the destroyed properties and lives are not even included in that accounting, and neither is cost of re-building all that stuff which is also largely paid by the US.AGEsAces wrote:
the biggest drain on the US economy is the social welfare system.
people can cry all they want about the war costing $10B...but that's a flat number...spread out over say 10 years. The welfare system costs the US more than that PER YEAR, by 6x the amount PER YEAR!!!
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