Erik’s on the warpath over that darned image we got for the listener Q&A, so Xander and Erik are going to talk about how the US government actually spends its money. Prepare to be surprised!
On an unrelated errand we were looking up how much the US spends on its defense. We made the terrible mistake of just Googling it. But hey, that mistake turned into an insight we can share!
Turns out a lot of different people have very different ideas of how much the US spends on its defense as a percent of the Federal Budget. So let’s play a game.