If it were used to fund defense, then it's included on the graph. The now 2.5 trillion isn't forgotton, it's included as part of our 14 trillion national debt.You forgot to add the 2 trillion that was taken from SS that still has to be paid back.
You got that right, and thank goodness because we wouldn't be the great country that we are.We spend almost on military as the rest of the world does combined. Not so with entitlements that has been mostly funded through FICA taxes. We are no where near spending as much on entitlements as the rest of the world combined. :sun
This has us at 25th:
The Biggest Entitlement Spenders In The World