The go-broke dates for Medicare and Social Security have been pushed back as an improving economy has contributed to changed projected depletion dates, according to the annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report Monday.
Still, officials warn that policy changes are needed lest the programs become unable to pay full benefits to retiring Americans.
On the flip side, the DoD is the biggest socialist organization in the government and employs literally millions of Americans. And while the US isn’t at war, they have a lot of international allies that they support and prop up. (that being said, the defense budget is pretty obscene. And the support of Israel is maybe not the best way to spend it.)