Feds put heat on Web firms for master encryption keys (CNET)

"It's a staggering 20% of the budget"

that is because retirement and healthcare is counted in the operational budget of the federal government and not in a separate accounting structure, like they are treated in some other countries...
that dilute the discretionary spending and make the 50% become 20%

in the mean time we are up to $4,000 per capita/year for military-related spending... (I find it hard, at that level, to call them 'defense' spending)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PerCapitaInflationAdjus...