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You're correct, personnel costs is not the majority of DoD costs. However, their "pay and benefits" take up 40% of it's budget (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi
by icegreentea2 6y ago
You're correct, personnel costs is not the majority of DoD costs. However, their "pay and benefits" take up 40% of it's budget (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States#For_personnel_payment_and_benefits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_...)
Procurement (the most visible part of the budget we hear about) is 20% of the DoD budget.
- samstave 6y agoAlso, one needs to take into account Black Budgets - as they are totally opaque and we have no idea what amount of the budget they consume, assuming they are even accounted for in the 700 billion dollar number the budget claims to be.