spending on the defense is about half of the federal government's discretionary spending. the Department of Defense spends most of their budget. it pays for the navy, army, air force, and marines and also don't forget about the departments civilians
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Education and social services are the largest categories of local government spending (counting counties, cities, towns, villages, etc). In 2007, local governments in the U.S. spent $608 billion on social services (the majority going to public welfare), and $611 billion on education (the majority going to elementary/secondary education).
Counties, townships, municipalities.
County Government in Major Metropolitan areas especially where city government has merged.
Local government is loosely defined as a public organization authorized to administer and decide a limited range of public policies. The local government is at the bottom of the government food chain.
County is local government
Local government collects local taxes, it provides local services such as the emergency, social, housing and medical services