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rayofreason

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10. If you take out everything else, defense is 100% of the budget.

Reply to FarCenter (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 27, 2012, 03:31 PM

Mar 2012

Defense as a fraction of the budget and as a percentage of GDP has decreased just as the other parts of the budget have increased. For comparison with other countries see

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2034rank.html

Of course, it is still a lot of money we spend, and it should be scrutinized carefully. But outcries of "our defense spending most of the budget" don't hold water and are not a good place to begin rational discussions of policy.

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Pentagon wants more money for Israel's Iron Dome [View all] Purveyor Mar 2012 OP

Why don't we just give the Pentagon all the money? Why not, we are almost there anyway. nt mother earth Mar 2012 #1

Defense is 20% of the budget in 2010. n/t rayofreason Mar 2012 #2

Really? Progress then...but I can't help but think about all the money spent that could have done mother earth Mar 2012 #6

Defense is over half of the budget FarCenter Mar 2012 #7

If you take out everything else, defense is 100% of the budget. rayofreason Mar 2012 #10

the CBO says defence is more than half the discretionary budget. provis99 Apr 2012 #17

This fucking sucks Autumn Mar 2012 #3

God allegedly chose that land for the Israeli's why won't he protect them? denverbill Mar 2012 #4

because he doesn't exist? nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2012 #15

No, thank you. Let Israel pay for its own defenses. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2012 #5

This system is a joint venture sulphurdunn Mar 2012 #12

+1 sarcasmo Apr 2012 #21

"Nope sorry not this year felix_numinous Mar 2012 #8

So we should borrow MORE money from China SamG Mar 2012 #9

That's a pretty leaky dome. Prometheus Bound Mar 2012 #11

a 20% strike rate's rather better than the 100% rate they'd have without it. (nt) Posteritatis Mar 2012 #14

Since when was Israel part of US? Devil_Fish Mar 2012 #13

Has been a defacto state for quite some time. sarcasmo Apr 2012 #20

No. Canuckistanian Mar 2012 #16

So when will they ask Israeli taxpayers for some more tax bucks? marble falls Apr 2012 #18

More money for Israel, but no Medicare for all. The Empire does not care about it's people. sarcasmo Apr 2012 #19