claim: "we spend in tax loopholes annually $1.1 trillion. that's more than we spend on our defense budget in a year, on medicare or medicaid in a year."
author: jeanne shaheen
evidence_1: the united states federal budget comprises the spending and revenues of the  u.s. federal government. the budget is the financial representation of the  priorities of the government, reflecting historical debates and competing  economic philosophies. the government primarily spends on healthcare,  retirement, and defense .... during fy2018, the federal government spent $4.11  trillion, up $127 billion ...
evidence_2: mar 17, 2013 ... ryan's budget also reduces spending to far less than murray's senate democrat  budget. the ... over the next 10 years, the senate democrats propose to spend  $46.4 trillion, increasing annual spending by $10.4 trillion during that time ... the  senate democrat budget actually touts the medicare cuts they ...
evidence_3: in 2013, federal spending approached $3.5 trillion and the deficit dropped to ...  washington spent in 2012 was borrowed, resulting in a $1.1 trillion deficit. social  security, medicare, medicaid, and obamacare are so large and growing that they  are ... exceed 100 percent of gross domestic product (gdp) at the end of the year.
evidence_4: apr 19, 2013 ... president obama tells us in the overview to his fiscal year 2014 budget just ...  proposing to increase annual spending by 2023 by $2.1 trillion as compared to  2012. ... that reflects obama's basic thinking that what drives economic ... $1.1  trillion in additional tax increases, on top of the $1 trillion in tax ...
evidence_5: jan 9, 2018 ... when that cr ends, they will likely move to raise the discretionary caps that ...  $1.2 trillion deficit increase over ten years, almost as costly as the tax cut ... for  fy 2019, the deal would increase defense spending by $63 billion per year and  ... last year ($1.2 trillion would actually be larger than the $1.1 trillion ...