>I didn't know that the US military budget is a third of what it was 60 years ago. It's a little over a third of what it was 60 years ago as a percentage of GD

>I didn't know that the US military budget is a third of what it was 60 years ago. It's a little over a third of what it was 60 years ago as a percentage of GDP. And this is in line with most other developed nations. As a percentage of the federal budget, military spending accounts for 16% of the total budget, and 54% of discretionary spending. The US also spends 2-3x more per capita on the military than France, the UK, and Germany.