As Americans debate domestic gun control following the mass shooting at a Florida high school last week, funding for military arms has evaded public scrutiny. The United States Department of Defense recently released its summary of the 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS) with little fanfare. The first thing to note is how little media coverage the NDS Read More…
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Over Half Of Every Tax Dollar You Give To Uncle Sam Is Spent On This
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…
Make War Great Again — Trump Boosts Military Spending by $54 BILLION
Washington, D.C. — (RT) President Donald Trump aims to increase the Pentagon’s budget by $54 billion, as part of a push to rebuild America’s “depleted military.” Trump also promised to rein in domestic spending and do more with less. Both Office of Management and Budget head Mick Mulvaney and White House press secretary Sean Spicer confirmed the Read More…