Spending as a Percentage of the 2017 Federal Budget
SOURCE: Office of Management and Budget. For more information related to federal spending, see the Heritage Foundation's Federal Budget in Pictures.
Where Does All the Money Go?
Mar 20th, 2019 1 min read
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In 2017, major entitlement programs—Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, and other health care programs—consumed 52 percent of all federal spending, while the portion of spending for other national priorities (such as national defense) declined.
