5fish
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Our Military budget is becoming a budget to conquer nations in the coming years, the last grasp of a dying power...
responsiblestatecraft.org
The proposal is absurd on the face of it, and it’s extremely unlikely that it is the product of a careful assessment of U.S. defense needs going forward. The plan would also add $5.8 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Budget.
The first trillion-dollar budget begins...
inkstickmedia.com
It’s hard to fulfill one’s duty to be what Eisenhower called an “alert and knowledgeable citizenry” with a volume of money far too vast for any one human to track. One person, however, has come pretty close. We spoke with longtime arms industry researcher William D. Hartung, coauthor of the new book, The Trillion Dollar War Machine, along with Ben Freeman, about what to be on the lookout for in this extraordinary year.
Inkstick: This year the military budget will, for the first time, be over $1 trillion in the United States. How does that compare to other moments in history when the United States actually had troops deployed in ground wars?
The reality of Trump’s cartoonish $1.5 trillion DOD budget proposal
This dramatic escalation in military spending is a recipe for more waste, fraud, and abuse
responsiblestatecraft.org
The proposal is absurd on the face of it, and it’s extremely unlikely that it is the product of a careful assessment of U.S. defense needs going forward. The plan would also add $5.8 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Budget.
The first trillion-dollar budget begins...
The Year of the Trillion-Dollar US Military Budget Begins
Donald Trump promised to end forever wars, but the US military budget recently topped a trillion dollars while the country ramps up spending.
inkstickmedia.com
It’s hard to fulfill one’s duty to be what Eisenhower called an “alert and knowledgeable citizenry” with a volume of money far too vast for any one human to track. One person, however, has come pretty close. We spoke with longtime arms industry researcher William D. Hartung, coauthor of the new book, The Trillion Dollar War Machine, along with Ben Freeman, about what to be on the lookout for in this extraordinary year.
Inkstick: This year the military budget will, for the first time, be over $1 trillion in the United States. How does that compare to other moments in history when the United States actually had troops deployed in ground wars?
Money & War
