| </span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (mlingley,)
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Maintaining the United State's huge military machine is not cheap. Every year the U.S. spends hundreds of billions of dollars on the military ($346,500,000,000). Since 1948 the U.S. has spent more than $15 trillion to build up its military might. Just how much is $15,000,000,000,000 worth? It adds up to more than the cumulative monetary value of all human-made wealth in the U.S! In other words, the government has spent more on the military over the last four decades than the value of all the factories, machinery, roads, bridges, water and sewage systems, airports, railroads, power plants, office buildings, shopping centers, schools, hospitals, hotels, houses, etc., in this country put together!!
If this shocks you, you should read "Addicted to War" by Joel Andreas.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
If it doesn't, you should read "There's No Government Like No Government" by Jackney Sneeb.
--Jackney Sneeb |