Federal+Spending+on+Defense+and+All+Other+Spending

Federal Spending
 In this wonderful page we will display the federal spending of the United States Government on defense and all other programs such as Social security, and medicare and medicaid.
 * Government spending** or **government expenditure** is classified by economists into three main types.[|[1]] Government purchases of goods and services for current use are classed as [|government consumption]. Government purchases of goods and services [|intended to create future benefits], such as infrastructure investment or research spending, are classed as [|government investment]. Government expenditures that are not purchases of goods and services, and instead just represent transfers of money, such as social security payments, are called [|transfer payments]. Government spending can be financed by [|seigniorage], [|taxes], or government [|borrowing].

Congress decides how much and what kind the military should buy of anything that has to defense. Their is a major debate on what we should defend.

Both last year and this year, President Bush called for large funding increases for defense and related programs while demanding considerable restraint in domestic appropriations. And this year, like last year, he has threatened to veto appropriations bills if Congress does not adhere to his tight spending limit on domestic needs.

The table above shows how the spending on defense has increased and other social programs have fallen.
 * = **Domestic Discretionary Funding Is a Shrinking Share of Total Program Costs** ||
 * ~ Share of Total ||~ 2001 ||~ 2008 ||~ Change ||
 * Defense & security || 21.7% || 29.2% || +7.5% ||
 * Social Security, Medicare/caid || 45.9% || 43.5% || -2.4% ||
 * Other mandatory programs || 14.0% || 12.5% || -1.4% ||
 * Domestic discretionary || 18.4% || 14.7% || -3.7% ||
 * Total program costs || 100% || 100% || 0.0% ||

MILITARY: 54% and $1,449 billion NON-MILITARY: 46% and $1,210 billion **
 * Total Outlays (Federal Funds): $2,650 billion

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This graph is broken up into the 6 areas in which federal spending goes to and it shows the percent in which they recieve. This shows that over half of our governments spending is on military items. 54 percent is military and 46 percent is used for non-military.

The graph below shows what the government spends the 54 percent on.

Programs spending more than $1 billion
The $84.1 billion procurement budget includes several programs with 2008 allocations of more than $1 billion. This graph shows how much the government spends on individual items of defense and military. The government chooses which wepons to buy, and how it will factor in the budget. The majority of spending has been increased form 2007 to 2008. The current national debt is 11.2 trillion dollars! And the governments spending on defense and other items continues to go up.
 * **Program** [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States#"]] || **2008 Budget request**[|[4]] [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States#"]] || **Change, 2007 to 2008** [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States#"]] ||
 * [|Missile Defense] || $8.8 Bil. || -6.2% ||
 * [|F-35 Joint Strike Fighter] || $6.1 Bil. || +23.0% ||
 * [|F-22 Raptor] || $4.6 Bil. || +15.0% ||
 * [|Future Combat System] || $3.7 Bil. || +8.1% ||
 * [|DDG 1000 Destroyer] || $3.5 Bil. || +2.7% ||
 * [|Carrier Replacement Program] || $3.1 Bil. || +117.7% ||
 * [|F/A-18E/F Hornet] || $2.6 Bil. || -13.5% ||
 * [|Virginia class submarine] || $2.7 Bil. || -1.1% ||
 * [|V-22 Osprey] || $2.6 Bil. || +23.9% ||
 * [|MH-60R/S] || $1.6 Bil. || +3.9% ||
 * [|C-130] || $1.6 Bil. || +7.3% ||
 * [|Chemical Demilitarization] || $1.5 Bil. || +16.6% ||
 * [|San Antonio class amphibious transport dock] || $1.4 Bil. || +263.5% ||
 * [|Littoral combat ship] || $1.2 Bil. || +30.4% ||
 * [|Stryker] || $1.2 Bil. || +29.6% ||
 * [|Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle] || $1.2 Bil. || +33.8% ||
 * [|Space-Based Infrared System] || $1.1 Bil. || +59.9% ||
 * [|EA-18G Growler] || $1.6 Bil. || +56.4% ||