"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
The Economic Cost of the Military Industrial Complex
Submitted by William Muller on Sat, 2008-08-23 16:00
?The United States, the only superpower remaining on earth, currently spends more on military than the next 45 highest spending countries in the world combined. The U.S. accounts for 48% of the world's total military spending. Where did the peace dividend from winning the Cold War go??
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