Most people probably don’t think too much about this, but are you aware of just how much of your income is being used to fuel the military industrial complex? Conveniently omitted from the corporate/state-run media organizations is the fact that some 53 percent of your tax dollars are spent on the military. That’s right, more than Read More…
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Post-9/11 Wars Have Cost Nearly $5 Trillion (and Counting): Report
As nation remembers 9/11 victims, report calculates cost of military response to attacks. The U.S. military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost taxpayers nearly $5 trillion and counting, according to a new report released to coincide with the 15th anniversary of the attacks. Dr. Neta Crawford, professor of political science at Brown University, released Read More…
We’ve Spent $1 Trillion on US Police State Since 9/11… If they ‘Hated Our Freedom,’ They Must Love Us Now
Never let a tragedy go unused. This mantra of the State is as strong today as it was the day after 9/11. As 9/11 was used to invade and occupy Iraq and Afghanistan – securing a geopolitical foothold in the region like never before – civil rights were dismantled and energies were devoted to the Read More…