12% on welfare?????
22% on Health??????
22% on Pensions??????
USA is 56% socialist.
And 24% militant. The largest individual segment there is being spent on military, though that chart's not accurate/up to date. The recent military cuts bring that in line with the other two 22% segments. It's become more apparent over the years that a lot of these programs (especially aeronautics and engineering in the DOD) have become unsustainable.
We're trying to replace three different planes with 5th generation fighters and MRFs, but that's insanely expensive and really, just not worth it in the long run. Military plane development costs have risen sharply over the past thirty years. Not just because of how long it takes to develop an advanced aircraft like the F-35 Lightning II, but how much research goes into developing the electronics suites of these aircraft, not to mention the insanely costly VTOL variant. The F-35 was poised to replace the F-18 Super Hornet, and the AV-88B Harrier and the A-10 Thunderbolt II (though there's still not a single plane tougher than the A-10 in the US Military when it comes to ground attack). Its development costs are pretty damn high.
To curb the costs, the gov halved their orders on the F-35 Lightning II. This plane has been going through many redesign phases and delays and is increasingly costly. Not to mention past projects like the Comanche (which was never deployed or produced) but was still costly at $6.9 Billion at its time of cancellation.
The F-35 is the most expensive defense program to date, with costs of refitting and delays factored in, it's a wonder how Lockheed Martin hasn't gone down the tubes.