Pi is a remarkable number: Here’s an outrageous one

Friday, 3/14, is Pi Day. It’s a day to celebrate math and the wonder of numbers. Specifically, it’s a day to celebrate pi, the wonderful number that goes on forever.

Here’s another number that goes on forever—or seems to, anyway: U.S. military spending, which in 2024 reached $884 billion.

Most of the federal budget is mandatory spending – spending already legislated by Congress. This is mostly Social Security, Medicare and interest on the debt. The rest is discretionary; almost half of which is military.

People talk about cutting spending, but these are focused on things like SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) which helps millions of hungry families and takes up 1.8% of the budget.⁽¹⁾ Or, Foreign Aid, which takes up 1.3% of the budget – this includes aid to Ukraine.⁽²⁾ These cuts won’t really save any money and punish people in need.

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⁽¹⁾ https://www.pgpf.org/article/what-is-snap/

⁽²⁾ https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/06/what-the-data-says-about-us-foreign-aid/