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No, a lot of defense spending is not hidden under health. $850x billion is spent on the military. That has doubled since the mid 1990s, and so has everything e
by adventureful 14y ago
No, a lot of defense spending is not hidden under health.
$850x billion is spent on the military. That has doubled since the mid 1990s, and so has everything else roughly.
Now, if you want to consider whether the CIA is an arm of the military, that's a fair issue. If you want to look into the drug trade and how much money the US Government makes from that, that's another fair issue. Also, should the NSA be considered a military wing, because it has a $80 billion budget all by itself.... If you count those types of police state entities, then the military spending is another 5% of the budget.