Bernie Sanders "The Military's Budget Has Almost Tripled Since 1997!"

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US Senator Bernie Sanders Vermont
http://sanders.senate.gov/

[Kablooie]

1. And the poverty rate was 13% in 1997. Today it is approaching 25%

http://www2.census.gov/prod2/popscan/p60-201.pdf

[Charleston Chew]

2. Each US citizen pays $5,000 per year for US defense spending

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'Each US citizen pays $5,000 per year for US defense spending'

American citizens are paying large amounts of money each year for U.S. defense spending, which can be used for domestic spending, Steve Breyman, assistant professor at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute said.

"Each and every citizen in the United States - man, woman and child - pays some $5,000 or so per year for U.S. defense spending much of which is associated now with the two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan", he told Press TV's U.S. Desk.

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