The Real US National Security Budget: The Figure No One Wants You to See

[kas125]

The Real US National Security Budget: The Figure No One Wants You to See

What if you went to a restaurant and found it rather pricey? Still, you ordered your meal and, when done, picked up the check only to discover that it was almost twice the menu price.

Welcome to the world of the real U.S. national security budget. Normally, in media accounts, you hear about the Pentagon budget and the war-fighting supplementary funds passed by Congress for our conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. That already gets you into a startling price range -- close to $700 billion for 2012 -- but that’s barely more than half of it. If Americans were ever presented with the real bill for the total U.S. national security budget, it would actually add up to more than $1.2 trillion a year.

Take that in for a moment. It’s true; you won’t find that figure in your daily newspaper or on your nightly newscast, but it’s no misprint. It may even be an underestimate. In any case, it’s the real thing when it comes to your tax dollars. The simplest way to grasp just how Americans could pay such a staggering amount annually for “security” is to go through what we know about the U.S. national security budget, step by step, and add it all up.

So, here we go. Buckle your seat belt: it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

continued at - http://www.truth-out.org/the-real-us-national-security-budget-the-figure-no-one-wants-you-see68127

[elias49]

1. Insane!

We're talking real money here.
For what?
World domination.

[truedelphi]

2. With all the billions that goes missing in the Big Bad World of

The MIC, it's amazing that they only take 1.2 trillion dollars of our money.

Thirty billion missing in Iraq, and 68 billion unaccounted for in Afghanistan.

but meanwhile the middle class is told they better buckle up and prepare for austerity.

[dreamnightwind]

3. K & R

From the referenced article:
"There’s a simple principle here. American taxpayers should know just what they are paying for."

And how much they're paying for it.

I hope this spreads far and wide, such numbers are powerful when we're cutting domestic spending and giving tax breaks to millionaires.

[azul]

4. Excessive Fear Tax

in the homeland of the brave is puzzling.