{"id":758,"date":"2010-01-01T17:33:07","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T22:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fleeptuque.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/01\/pentagon-now-spending-more-for-war-than-all-50-states-combined-spend-to-run-the-country\/"},"modified":"2010-01-01T17:33:07","modified_gmt":"2010-01-01T22:33:07","slug":"pentagon-now-spending-more-for-war-than-all-50-states-combined-spend-to-run-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fleeptuque.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/pentagon-now-spending-more-for-war-than-all-50-states-combined-spend-to-run-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon now spending more for war than all 50 States combined spend to run the country"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pentagon now spending more for war than all 50 States combined spend to run the country<\/h1>\n
By Sherwood Ross <\/div>\n\n\n
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The U.S. spends more for war annually than all state governments combined spend for the health, education, welfare, and safety of 308 million Americans.<\/p>\n

Joseph Henchman, director of state projects for the Tax Foundation of Washington, D.C., says the states collected a total of $781 billion in taxes in 2008.<\/p>\n

For a rough comparison, according to Wikipedia data, the total budget for what the Pentagon calls “defense” in fiscal year 2010 will be at least $880 billion and could possibly top $1 trillion. That’s more than all the state governments collect.<\/p>\n

Henchman says all American local governments combined (cities, counties, etc.) collect about $500 billion in taxes. Add that to total state tax take and you get over $1.3 trillion. This means Uncle Sam’s Pentagon is sopping up nearly as much money as all state, county, city, and other governmental units spend to run the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

via inteldaily.com<\/a><\/div>\n

That’s absolutely insane. Beyond insane.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Posted via web<\/a> from Fleep<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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