There are many ways to characterize numbers, but in the 2015 budget the US spends over $600 billion on the military, an enormous amount. The nation spends amounts of the similar magnitude on Medicare, Social Security, etc.<p>I&#x27;m not sure grouping line items into arbitrary categories like &quot;entitlements&quot; is meaningful for analysis (it&#x27;s more for ideological contests). The questions are, what do we get for each investment? Is there a better use for that money?