Additionally, the FPI report also sheds light on where the country’s debt is really coming from.
“The main driver of America’s growing debt and deficit is domestic spending – specially entitlement spending – and not defense spending,” according to the report. “Entitlements today constitute nearly 60% of the $3.5 trillion federal budget.”
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Max Chen contributed to this article.