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Chuck.Lavazzi@bbs.oit.unc.edu (Chuck Lavazzi @ University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service) once wrote....
>In article <31OCT199207373996@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov> packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) writes:
>>In article <1992Oct31.035842.20258@mont.cs.missouri.edu>, harelb@math.cornell.edu (misc.activism.progressive co-moderator) writes...
>>>    only 23% picking by far and away the biggest ticket item, military
>>>    spending (21% of the federal budget).  This suggests that most
>>
>>The largest item in the federal budget is not the military, but one
>>called "income security," typically about 33% of federal outlays,
>>compared to the 21% typically spent by the military. This can be
>>seen in the table in any World Almanac (I consulted a 1984 edition)
>>called "Summary of U.S. Receipts by Source and Outlays by Function."
>  True. But (as I suspect you may know) this includes the Social
>Security fund, which is *supposed* to be funded separately from the rest of
>the government, including defense.  In fact, many conservatives have pointed
>out (and rightly so, IMO) that bundling the Social Security fund in with the
>rest of the federal budget in order to make the deficit look smaller is bogus
>n the extreme.
>  Take away Social Security, and DOD is still the biggest feeder at the
>federal trough.


I think the largest item is the debt service at about 292 billion.  
Why not cut some of that out!

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         John Covici
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