In fiscal year 2015, Pentagon and related spending will total $598 billion, accounting for 54 percent of all federal discretionary spending. That's roughly the size of the next seven largest military budgets around the world, combined.
The president’s budget request throws the vast wealth of this country in the hands of weapons contractors while providing almost nothing for struggling Americans. It requests a $445 billion, or 42 percent, increase for war, bringing the total war budget to an unprecedented $1.5 trillion.
Our tax dollars should be helping struggling Americans, not feeding new forever wars.
In 2025, the average taxpayer paid $4,049 and worked 50 days to pay their taxes for war and weapons.
Instead of prolonging this war - or enabling the next one - with more funds, Americans deserve a government that supports them when times are tough.
