"Military industrial complex"? Please...
Approximately 20% of the United States federal budget goes toward military spending. Providing for America's defense is mandated in our constitution.
According to the same link, approximately 54% of the United States federal budget goes toward social security, medicare, unemployment, and welfare. Providing entitlements for Americans is not mandated in our constitution.
As a percentage of gross domestic product, United States military spending was at 4% in 2005, making it 28th in the world behind countries like Greece, China, Singapore, and Turkey. In the 1950s, US military spending was closer to 15% of GDP. In the Second World War, it was close to 40%.
If you're going to compare the amount of US military spending to the rest of the world, at least be honest enough to compare the sizes of the rest of the world's economies. US military spending has not fared well versus entitlement spending over the last several decades in the United States. If you want to see an American "military industrial complex," you're going to have to go back to the Eisenhower administration, ironically enough.
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"Military industrial complex"? Please... Approximately 20% of the United States federal budget goes toward military spending. Providing for America's defense is mandated in our constitution. According to the same link, approximately 54% of the United States federal budget goes toward social security, medicare, unemployment, and welfare. Providing entitlements for Americans is not mandated in our constitution. As a percentage of gross domestic product, United States military spending was at 4% in 2005, making it 28th in the world behind countries like Greece, China, Singapore, and Turkey. In the 1950s, US military spending was closer to 15% of GDP. In the Second World War, it was close to 40%. If you're going to compare the amount of US military spending to the rest of the world, at least be honest enough to compare the sizes of the rest of the world's economies. US military spending has not fared well versus entitlement spending over the last several decades in the United States. If you want to see an American "military industrial complex," you're going to have to go back to the Eisenhower administration, ironically enough.