Medicare, medicare, social security (all welfare imo) = 1.6T
welfare = .47T
military = .92T

http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/welfare_budget_2011_4.html

so yeah. we can probably cut our defense budget in half and defend the US, but we should cut welfare by half as well

that would add up the about 1.5T. almost enough to balance the budget!

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