> America already spends more of its federal budget on entitlements than the military, contrary to what progressives will tell you
Do you have a source that supports your statement?
Do you have a source that supports your statement?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_budget#/...
It depends on your definitions of entitlements and military, but for example, social security spending was at $1.0 trillion compared to $676 billion for defense.
Progressives will tell you that these are expensive programs. Progressive wants to significantly cut the military, and replace medicare/medicaid with a single-payer universal system which would be far cheaper. They also want higher taxes to help fund these programs and redistribute wealth from the wealthy to the poor.
While a fully organized single payer health system is obviously a massive expense, it is still the more financially moderate option compared to what we have today.