A billion here and billion there - Before you know it- A Trillion $
Spending on the Department of Defense alone is already well in excess of half a trillion dollars a year and counting. Adjusted for inflation, that means its higher than at the height of Pres. Ronald Reagans massive buildup of the 1980s and is now nearing the post-World War II funding peak.
And yet thats barely half the story. There are hundreds of billions of dollars in defense spending that arent even counted in the Pentagon budget.
no less than 10 categories of national security spending only one of which is the Pentagon budget. So steel yourself for a tour of our nations trillion-dollar-plus national security budget.
Given the Pentagons penchant for wasting money and our governments record of engaging in dangerously misguided wars without end, its clear that a large portion of this massive investment of taxpayer dollars isnt making anyone any safer.
The Ten "hidden" areas of Defense spending that really adds almost another 500 billion to the Pentagons already 530$ billion budget spending:
https://warisboring.com/the-trillion-dollar-military-budget/