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Chapter 6: The High Price of
Militarism
Maintaining this huge military machine is not cheap. Every year the U.S.
spends hundreds of billions of dollars on the military. [113]
$399,000,000,000 military budget 2004 fiscal year.
This figure does not include tens of billions spent on the military
occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq.
2001: $308 billion; 2002: $351 billion; 2003: $396 billion; 2007: $470
billion (proposed)
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? [114]
Lemme see.
My God!
It adds up to more than the cumulative monetary value of all human-made
wealth in the U.S.! [115]
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!
Wow! Vote Duke. Buy Coke. ConEd. Park $9.
Texaco. ConAgra.
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