America's Spending Priorities

U.S. spends twice as much on law and order as it does on cash welfare, data show

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/06/04/us-spends-twice-much-law-order-it-does-social-welfare-data-show/

Spending So Much on Police Has Real Downsides

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-06-04/police-budgets-reflect-political-power-not-need-to-control-crime