A careful look at the real totals of U.S. defense expenditures from a May 2019 article from Tom Dispatch. Let's keep this in mind when some politicians say we can't afford to fund public education and Medicare for All, for example.
Both parties line their pockets with profits from the arms trade.
Instead of defending our nation as the Constitution stipulates, since the 9/11 attacks the U.S. military, CIA, and military contractors have been waging aggressive wars or interfering by proxy in other nations’ internal affairs. Looking at our national budget, you can see the overwhelming power of the military. The $600 billion price tag, way over $1 billion a day, eats up 54 percent of all federal discretionary funds.
Progressive analysts note that proposed cuts to boots on the ground-style forces will not weaken US's global hegemony.
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