Forum Post: Defense Related Spending is Bleeding America Dry

DEFENSE RELATED SPENDING IS BLEEDING AMERICA DRY

$1.110–$1.505 trillion These figures DO NOT included additional Classified programs that the public isn’t privy too.

Those numbers aren’t Billions or even hundreds of Billions…it is One to One and a Half TRILLION dollars per year. These figures DO NOT included additional Classified programs that the public isn’t privy too.

Americans are led to believe that the Defense Budget was about $550 billion for 2011 and the same for 2012 but that isn’t the case. The rest is hidden in other federal programs and budgets including a completely separate budget for Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Including non-DOD expenditures, defense spending was approximately 28–38% of all budgeted expenditures and 42–57% of the total estimated income tax revenues of the ENTIRE COUNTRY. According to the Congressional Budget Office, defense spending grew 9% annually on average from fiscal year 2000–2009 while our wages went DOWN.

The 2009 U.S. military budget accounts for approximately 40% of global arms spending and was over six times larger than the military budget of China (who had the 2nd highest budget in the world) and 10 times more than Israel The United States and its close allies are responsible for two-thirds to three-quarters of the world's military spending, and America pays the lion share.

Instead of considering important budget changes the Senate and Congress spent two months this year fighting over raising the debt ceiling and cutting every other program with most of the attention on social programs. WHY? To keep Americans from figuring out the truth. Since 9/11 Americans have been scared into believing we need to spend, spend, spend to prevent another attack on the U.S and to defend the world from Terrorism. Defense is HUGH business run by the CIA and the Joint Chiefs of Staff since 9/11 (and before that) without Oversight. It is hidden from the American public behind the phrase “It is a matter of National Security”. Roughly 70% of our defense budget is paid to private contractors...........and Who are these contractors………ex-CIA and Military.

The US Government Accountability Office and Chief Financial Officer and Under Secretary of Defense acknowledge widespread problems with defense spending systems and processes. The DoD's Inspector General reported major internal control weaknesses ... that affect the safeguarding of assets, proper use of funds, and impair the prevention and identification of fraud, waste, and abuse. In other words defense spending is out of control and the Inmates are running the Asylum. So why hasn’t the Congress, Senate and our President done anything about it? Who do you think makes the most campaign contributions to our elected officials in Washington……………….and help them live the highlife retirement after they leave office?

AND THAT IS HOW and WHY DEFENSE RELATED SPENDING IS BLEEDING AMERICA DRY. IF IT KEEPS GOING THERE WON’T BE AN AMERICA TO DEFEND!!!

Are you ready to do something about it?