Anybody seen this one? It's wrong. Only 25% of the federal budget goes to war stuff. 43% goes to medicare/medicaid and social security. Bullshit = called. Almost half the pie is missing!
Here's the less glamorous, more likely to be based on real life version of the federal budget (original location). The author notes that bits of "Other" and "Discretionary" are related to defense, and estimates $800-$900 billion dollars of total defense spending.
$850 divided by $3456 = around 25%
The data underlying the pie graph comes from the Congressional Budget Office and hasn't been challenged on Wikipedia. Not exactly a cited work, but certainly enough to trump exhibit A. Oh, and the most awesome part of the Congressional Budget Office website is here. You're welcome.
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