[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> <<<unhappy that 60% of our taxes go to the military-
> proves the cold war was a farce all along, and Eisenhower was right about the
>military-industrial complex>>>
>
> Earth to Randy: 16% of taxes go to defense. Are you doing this ignorance thing on
>purpose or what ?
Randy to Earth: Clarification:
54% of the $1.84 trillion federal spending for the next fiscal year
goes to legally required entitlements:
Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and some smaller programs.
11% goes to pay interest on previous debt. Of the 35% left,
$634 billion, "discretionary spending" $279 billion, nearly half,
will go to the military.
The Pentagon budget rose $13.5 billion last year under Clinton,
the first increase since the cold war.
U.S. defence is ten times the second place nation (Britian).
Larger than the rest of the G-8 countries combined.
Your 3% phone tax? Most of it goes to the military.
While Bush is, of course, a major cheerleader for military
expansion, it should be noted that the 'Star Wars' plan
was revived by Clinton, and Gore's military spending plan
did not differ much from Mr. Bush's.
Where is the peace dividend?
Are we more vulnerable to military threat than the other
G-8 countries?
Could all this money be used more productively; US and
world hunger, maybe? Crumbling Schools?
Does building up our war machine really make us (and the
rest of the world) safer?
RR
