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Out of the 4 trillion dollars the US Federal government spent in 2016 (the last year we had a full budget), 0.631 trillion of that was for the military. An almo
by danielvf 8y ago
Out of the 4 trillion dollars the US Federal government spent in 2016 (the last year we had a full budget), 0.631 trillion of that was for the military. An almost infinitesimal part of the New York state budget is for the state national guard.
- justinator 8y agoIn 2016, the US Military Spending was roughly HALF of the Discretionary Spending of the budget, which you are correct, in that it totaled ~1.15 Trillion
- pascalxus 8y agofor Federal it's a lot higher than that. there are many defense expenditures hidden in other departments/categories.
- monetus 8y agoPlus the mystery budget: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_budget https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_budget WaPo estimated it was $52.8 billion in 2012.