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Not saying they are the same, just that when centrists come together they get a lot of bad things done. Also not surprised spending is down after the US left Ir

Not saying they are the same, just that when centrists come together they get a lot of bad things done. Also not surprised spending is down after the US left Iraq, would be surprised if it wasn’t overall up though. My point is, fighting “zealotry” is just a nice way of saying let’s make it easier for corporate centrism.

gjm11 7y ago
There were substantial decreases in 2012 and 2013; I think the military budget has increased in every other recent year (though maybe sometimes by less than inflation?). 2019 is indeed down on 2008. (But not 2007, or any earlier year: there were big increases in 2006, 2007, 2008.)
fiestaman 7y ago
https://www.dailysignal.com/wp-content/uploads/BG-defense-spending-FY-2016-chart-2_HIGHRES.jpg https://www.dailysignal.com/wp-content/uploads/BG-defense-sp...
- marricks 7y ago
  The Heritage foundation sure knows how to frame things! Overall the military budget has increased steeply since the 90s https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Defense_spending.png#mw-jump-to-license https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Defense_spending.p...
  - hn_throwaway_99 7y ago
    You could say the same thing about you only posting the constant dollars graph, instead of also including a percentage of GDP chart, which is in many senses a better assessment of federal spending: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Defense_Spending_as_a_Percent_of_GDP.png https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Defense_Spending_as_a_P...
  - fiestaman 7y ago
    Your graph shows spending in constant 2009 dollars, just as mine shows spending in constant 2015 dollars, so your comment makes no sense. They are literally presenting the same information, just pegging inflation to different years.
    - marricks 7y ago
      Huh you’re right about that. For some reason your heritage chart makes it look a lot more reasonable, which I don’t agree that it is. I’m guessing it has something to with comparing to GDP?

gjm11 7y ago

There were substantial decreases in 2012 and 2013; I think the military budget has increased in every other recent year (though maybe sometimes by less than inflation?). 2019 is indeed down on 2008. (But not 2007, or any earlier year: there were big increases in 2006, 2007, 2008.)

fiestaman 7y ago

https://www.dailysignal.com/wp-content/uploads/BG-defense-spending-FY-2016-chart-2_HIGHRES.jpg https://www.dailysignal.com/wp-content/uploads/BG-defense-sp...

marricks 7y ago
The Heritage foundation sure knows how to frame things! Overall the military budget has increased steeply since the 90s https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Defense_spending.png#mw-jump-to-license https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Defense_spending.p...
- hn_throwaway_99 7y ago
  You could say the same thing about you only posting the constant dollars graph, instead of also including a percentage of GDP chart, which is in many senses a better assessment of federal spending: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Defense_Spending_as_a_Percent_of_GDP.png https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Defense_Spending_as_a_P...
- fiestaman 7y ago
  Your graph shows spending in constant 2009 dollars, just as mine shows spending in constant 2015 dollars, so your comment makes no sense. They are literally presenting the same information, just pegging inflation to different years.
  - marricks 7y ago
    Huh you’re right about that. For some reason your heritage chart makes it look a lot more reasonable, which I don’t agree that it is. I’m guessing it has something to with comparing to GDP?