This just in: Nearly 40% of the total tax burden this year will go to military spending. We spend more on "defense" than all of the other countries of the world combined...! Isn't that a wonderful thing! We're #1...
So if 40 cents of each tax dollar goes to the military, what about some of the other pressing problems we face? Non-military national security gets 3/4 of a penny of that dollar. Global warming, national parks, pollution abatement and other environmental spending uses up 1.5 cents. That makes sense, none of those things make you #1, so why waste money on them?
Let's see how we're doing militarily. After all, Bush&Co. said we would only need to spend $50 to $60 billion back when the war was started. Today, we've spent close to $500 billion and the Decider says he needs another $142 billion for 2008. Sounds like we're doing just fine! And I don't know about you, but spending all of that money just makes me feel so much safer...
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