Overall a decent story and fact-checking is a good idea in general, but how can you lump "various entitlement programs" together to come up with a 46.3% figure? Are you including entitlement programs that subsidize oil? Corporate farming? Head Start? Failing to define a politically charged term like entitlement programs is very weak journalism, indeed. Is military spending the largest single category of spending? If so, the statement is correct, statistically.

Excellent points. Refreshing, unique perspective. The author looks at a trend based on current assumptions but could be a little more clear that, of course, if the trends change for some reason, the outcome will be different. I wonder how it will affect all those ex-pat Americans who have moved south?