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US GDP is currently 21.43 Trillion dollars.

7% of that is 1.5 Trillion dollars.

The 2020 Federal budget was 4.79 Trillion dollars.

So, pensions are roughly a quarter of federal government spending every year and growing.

Since when is a quarter “most of”

You’re disagreeing with yourself

If you plotted all the other things the government spends money on, pensions would be the biggest chunk. Stop being dense.

By comparison, the US only spends 3.4% GDP on the military per year.