11-27-2003, 02:21 AM
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Junkie
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Originally posted by Ustwo
You do know the vast majority of the US federal budget does not go to the military dont you?
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I don't know how accurate this statement is. The closest and easiest thing I could find was this:
http://www.warresisters.org/piechart.htm
According to that 47% goes to military expenditure. Then they have a breakdown:
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Current Military, $459B:Military Personnel $99B, Operation and Maintenance $133B, Procurement $68B, Research and Development $58B, Construction $6B, Family Housing $4B, Retired Pay $39B, DoE Nuclear Weapons $16B, 50% NASA $8B, International Security $7B, 60% Homeland Security $16B, misc. $5B Note: President Bush does not include any funds for the war on terrorism or the war on Iraq in this budget, which he expects to request later as supplemental funding.
Past Military, $345B: Veterans? Benefits $63B; Interest on National Debt (80% estimated to be created by military spending) $282B
Human Resources, $593B: Education, Health/Human Services, HUD, Food/Nutrition programs, Labor Department, Soc. Sec. Admin.
General Government, $235B: Legislative, Justice Dept., State Dept., International Affairs, Treasury, Gov?t. Personnel, 20% interest on national debt, 50% of NASA, 20% Homeland Security
Physical Resources, $99B: Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Interior Dept., Transportation, Environmental Protection, Army Corps Engineers, NSF, FCC, 20% Homeland Security
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I don't know anything about the site, it's just one of a number of charts that I found. If someone has a better one or some other information, please post it so we can compare the hard numbers instead of resorting to attacking the ideology of the site. |
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