America’s Economy is Dependent On Conflicts, Underpinned by Our #Military #Industrial #Complex

You won’t believe the numbers. With inflation taken into account, this year’s planned budget for the #Pentagon and the Department of Energy’s work on #nuclear #weapons is $886 billion. More than half of the discretionary budget is now spent on the Pentagon This means that areas like #education, public #health, job training, and protecting the #environment have to compete