What might make government officials decide to spend additional money on social security instead of the military? what would make government officials decide that the marginal benefit of social security spending is greater than the marginal cost of military spending?]

The agreement between the government and those who pay Social Security taxes. Social Security was enacted by Congress in 1935 as a social insurance program in which workers pay into the system during their working lives and earn entitlement to family benefits upon retirement, disability, or death.