Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018)
by vonmoltke on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @12:27PM
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> The US defense budget is more than that of the rest of the top 10 combined.
Not quite. It's slightly less than the next 8.[1] Also, that number appears to include the $79B spent by the Department of Veterans Affairs[2], which is exclusively used to support post-service personnel.
There's a lot of shit we can and should cut, but let's not distort the facts.
Not quite. It's slightly less than the next 8.[1] Also, that number appears to include the $79B spent by the Department of Veterans Affairs[2], which is exclusively used to support post-service personnel.
There's a lot of shit we can and should cut, but let's not distort the facts.
[1] https://sipri.org/sites/default/files/2019-04/fs_1904_milex_...
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_United_States_federal_bud...