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Of course... It's a percentage of GDP... You're leaving out that GDP has gone up since 1960...
That was a secondary chart to show what happened as a percentage of GDP. What it points to very clearly was that during Clinton's years he cut the military budget dramatically. The first link shows spending in billions of $'s.
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Why does that chart leave out 1940-1960?... How blind are you?... Your own chart shows how military spending went back up starting in 2000... Why?... 2 wars unwanted and unpaid for...
Input whatever years you want... That's what customizable charts are good for.
And how does that chart know how much military spending there will be from 2011-2020?... More made up propaganda...
Budget projections. Obama, so far, hasn't decreased military spending. In fact he increased it.
If you're going to use your own numbers like "slashed by about 80% during Bush 1 and Clinton's first term" then you preface that as the data doesn't back up your numbers. Remember the thread title is: "Republicans LIE..." Using your own data that isn't supported by facts could be considered as lies.
That was a secondary chart to show what happened as a percentage of GDP. What it points to very clearly was that during Clinton's years he cut the military budget dramatically. The first link shows spending in billions of $'s.
Input whatever years you want... That's what customizable charts are good for.
Budget projections. Obama, so far, hasn't decreased military spending. In fact he increased it.
Obama increased spending?... Link???
From a legit news source... Not a right wing blog...
How could Obama increase military spending when we just pulled out of Iraq?...
Obama is more about tech... We are using more drones now instead of marching soldiers to their deaths...
The Obama administration has given the Pentagon a $527 billion limit, excluding war costs, for its fiscal 2010 defense budget, an official with the White House’s Office of Management and Budget said Monday.
If enacted, that would be an 8 percent increase from the $487.7 billion allocated for fiscal 2009, and it would match what the Bush administration estimated last year for the Pentagon in fiscal 2010.
President Barack Obama today sent to Congress a proposed defense budget of $663.8 billion for fiscal 2010. The budget request for the Department of Defense (DoD) includes $533.8 billion in discretionary budget authority to fund base defense programs and $130 billion to support overseas contingency operations, primarily in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The proposed DoD base budget represents an increase of $20.5 billion over the $513.3 billion enacted for fiscal 2009. This is an increase of 4 percent, or 2.1 percent real growth after adjusting for inflation.
The 2010 Budget for the Department of Defense (DOD) requests $533.7 billion, or an increase of four percent from the 2009 enacted level of $513.3 billion (excluding funding from the American recovery and reinvestment Act of 2009). This funding increase allows DOD to address its highest priorities, such as the President’s commitment to meet the military’s goal to increase the size of the Army and Marine Corps, to continue to improve the medical treatment of wounded service members, and to reform the acquisition process. In addition, the Budget
will incorporate into the base those items previously funded in emergency supplementals that should be considered base or ongoing activities, including certain medical services, family support initiatives, security assistance to foreign governments, and enhancements to intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
That's the 2010 military budget... How about the 2011 - 2012 military budget?... again legit news sources... not right wing blogs...
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WASHINGTON (NNS) -- President Barack Obama Feb. 1 sent to Congress a proposed defense budget of $708 billion for fiscal 2011.
The budget request for the Department of Defense (DoD) includes $549 billion in discretionary budget authority to fund base defense programs and $159 billion to support overseas contingency operations (OCO), primarily in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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