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Why can't military spends be in one classified bucket and the rest be open and 100% transparent? I don't think information on how much is spent on roads, health
by jezclaremurugan 10y ago
Why can't military spends be in one classified bucket and the rest be open and 100% transparent? I don't think information on how much is spent on roads, healthcare, police, education will affect security.
- thomastjeffery 10y agoBecause that's 550 billion dollars. A very significant portion of that does not need to be secret.
- walljm 10y agoAnd a lot of it isn't. https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/rpt/mthTreasStmt/backissues.htm https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/rpt/mthTreasStmt/b... breaks out how military spending is allocated to some level of detail.