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Fairbury, NE (Southeast) | The problem with the US fiscally is out of control DOD spending and Healthcare that is horribly inefficient. Fix those two problems (impossible without pain, so will never happen) and you can start to grind away at the debt.
The defense department could be run at 65% of current budget if you went to the beautiful socialist democratic countries and said, we are ending our 70 year reign as the worlds policeman, put your share in or become part of china or whoever the current boogy man is.
USA Defense Spending Overview (FY 2025–2026)
• Total National Defense Outlays (FY 2025): Around $916 billion to $954 billion (approximately 13% of total federal spending).
• Department of Defense (DoD) Spending (FY 2025): Around $951 billion, accounting for 13.5% of federal outlays according to the USAFacts Federal Agency Guide.
• FY 2026 Projections/Requests: The national defense and DoD requests approach $961 billion out of a total federal budget of roughly $7.40 trillion (making defense roughly 13% of total outlays).
• Share of Discretionary Budget: Because a massive portion of the federal budget goes to mandatory programs like Social Security, Medicare, and interest on the debt, defense makes up just over half (about 48% to 52%) of all discretionary
Canadian spending.....
In fiscal year 2024, the Department of National Defence accounted for 6.7% of total federal government spending in Canada, representing $34.5 billion out of $513.9 billion in total federal expenditures.
• Share of Total Federal Spending: The Department of National Defence (DND) represents roughly 6.7% to 7% of total federal budget outlays.
• Share of Government Spending (International Metrics): Broader military and government spending metrics from international databases (such as SIPRI/The Global Economy) put Canada's military expenditure as a percentage of total government spending at approximately 3.08%.
• Share of GDP: Canada reached NATO’s 2% of GDP defense spending benchmark in 2025–26, with planned increases scaling up toward higher targets (reaching upwards of 3.7% to 4% of GDP under recent federal budget projections).
Edited by dt4020 11/14/2026 13:01
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