Historical Federal Spending Shows Shift from Defense to Social Programs

The passage provides aggregated historical budget data showing the growth of non‑defense spending (health insurance, Social Security, etc.) relative to defense. It contains no specific allegations, na Federal outlays grew from 2.2% of GDP in 1800 to 18.2% in 2000. Defense share of spending fell from ~41% (1789‑1930) to under 1% by 2000. Social insurance programs (Medicare, Medicaid, Social Securit