The federal government has spent more on net-interest on the federal debt than on major programs like Medicare, national defense, and Social Security. Interest costs on the national debt have surpassed spending on defense and Medicare, totaling $3.9 trillion so far this fiscal year.
Interest costs on the national debt just surpassed spending on defense, Medicare https://t.co/FTGF9qwVzX
Interest costs on the national debt just surpassed spending on defense, Medicare https://t.co/jRa23foHAM #FoxBusiness
The US spent more servicing the interest on its debt over the past seven months than it did on national defense or health care for the elderly — and more than education, support for military veterans, and transportation *combined* https://t.co/bymizDrwYc
U.S. spending on interest tops national defense, Medicare Overall spending has totaled $3.9 trillion so far this fiscal year. Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/Mx3y1qxqpC
National-debt interest now costs more than Medicare or defense https://t.co/Ji505UaSHp
Congress has spent more money on interest so far this year than it has spent on both national defense and Medicare. https://t.co/zs1Yms9mOC
The federal government has spent more on net-interest on the federal debt than Medicare, Medicare, or the military. Social Security is the only major program where the federal government has spent more. https://t.co/FVpLUdbd48