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Makes sense, but assuming that the $44bn figure in the Wikipedia article is correct I'm still wondering where the remaining ~$97 dollars are hidden. In "Milita
by julian37 16y ago
Makes sense, but assuming that the $44bn figure in the Wikipedia article is correct I'm still wondering where the remaining ~$97 dollars are hidden. In "Military Personnel" and "Health Care Research"? I guess it goes to show that even with a fairly detailed list of expense positions, you still don't really know where your tax dollars go.
- izendejas 16y agoPartly in foreign aid, I bet.
- _djo_ 16y agoI am open to correction, but as I understand it the $44 billion figure is a calculated estimate of the money being spent in total by any and all government institutions in the US, including that spent by local and state police departments and prison services to investigate, catch and incarcerate narcotics suppliers and users. Considering the nature of the War on Drugs I'd expect most of the expenditure to be at the local and state level, but the biggest chunks at the federal level aside from the DEA's budget would probably be the proportion of Coast Guard and CBP time and resources dedicated to counter-drug operations and the military and policing aid given to countries like Mexico and Colombia. This is a bit hard to quantify though, as the Coast Guard and CBP usually conduct counter-drug operations as part of their usual duties and not all the aid being sent to Colombia and Mexico is motivated solely by the desire to contain drug production and shipment. So you would not necessarily find the remaining funding hidden within the federal budget.
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