I did read his statement and you didn't read mine, particularly the last paragraph.  Military spending is about 50% of discretionary spending (from income taxes) not 100% as claimed.  The first part of my comment is simply pointing out that the math is already made fuzzy by distinguishing between Medicare/SS "tax" vs income "tax".  It's all tax money.  You can parse it anyway you like it, including quotes from internet hacks.  But we spend more on SS and Medicare than the military - that is an  indisputable fact.  Now I still think that $600 Billion is too much for military spending.  But let's at least be honest about the numbers.