It is difficult to find information that actually attacks the national debt from the point of view of defense and military budgets.
The Iraq War ended December 2011, yet the USA Defense Budget continued to increase.
The FY 2012 budget requests a total of $676 billion (click here) for the Department of Defense (DoD). The base budget for DoD includes $553 billion in discretionary funding and $5 billion in mandatory funding, and an additional $118 billion is requested for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The budget request also includes $19 billion for defense-related atomic energy programs and $8 billion for defense-related activities in other agencies, bringing the total national defense budget to $703 billion. Separately, the budget includes $129 billion for veterans’ benefits and services through the Department of Veterans Affairs....
How many knew the USA military actually has 'discretionary funding.' When do we ever hear those words attached to the USA military budget? Like, never.
Robert Johnson
July 19, 2011
Defense spending is at historic highs. (click here) And though it's the same size, the same shape, and has the same abilities, the U.S. military costs 35 percent more than it did a decade ago.
A 75 page report released last week, by the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments also points out that the DoD spent $46 billion of that total on projects that failed, due to cost overruns or technical glitches....
This level of defense spending is indefensible. There is no reason for it. The War in Iraq has ended and yet the cost of the USA military continues to escalate. The American people have a profound problem and it their military. It is a profound problem in more than cost, it is a problem in it's size and scope and current focus. The military is taking their mission where it was never meant to go. The cost is not coming down either. The USA military wants more and more automation to their systems and operate more autonomously with drones at every turn, in the air, in the water, under the water and on the ground. It is time for the American people to say no to their military, it has taken on a life and sovereignty all it's own.
This level of defense spending is indefensible. There is no reason for it. The War in Iraq has ended and yet the cost of the USA military continues to escalate. The American people have a profound problem and it their military. It is a profound problem in more than cost, it is a problem in it's size and scope and current focus. The military is taking their mission where it was never meant to go. The cost is not coming down either. The USA military wants more and more automation to their systems and operate more autonomously with drones at every turn, in the air, in the water, under the water and on the ground. It is time for the American people to say no to their military, it has taken on a life and sovereignty all it's own.
