America’s Real National Security Budget — A Trillion Dollars a Year

Now, Smithberger also counts the national security establishment’s 24-percent share of the more than $400 billion the federal government shells out every year to service its $18-trillion debt. That would amount to $107 billion and bring Smithberger’s count of military spending to $1.003 trillion.

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