The federal government spends

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The federal budget for 2021 allocates approximately $740 billion to national defense and $1.06 trillion to Social Security, which indicates that Social Security spending is significantly higher than defense spending. However, if we compare the discretionary spending for defense (which excludes mandatory spending like Social Security) with discretionary social spending, we can observe that the government spends slightly more on defense ($686 billion) than on Social Security ($679 billion). Thus, option A is the best choice that correctly answers the question.

The Federal Government Spends