Well Said, Bernie Sanders!

[ryoder]

Entitlement spending is the cause of our current and future budget problems. Its share of GDP has been steadily increasing from about 4% in 1970 to almost 10% now.
http://fraser.stlouisfed.org/publication.../32608.pdf

Military spending as a portion of GDP is decreasing.
Defense Spending Has Declined While Entitlement Spending Has Increased

If the US were to leave entitlements alone and cut back military spending from 4% of GDP to 0%, we would be unable to protect ourselves and our deficits would continue to rise until the country is insolvent.