53% of our tax dollars go to the military (healthcare, cost, money)

[PurpleLove08]

Originally Posted by 86Sebring

Wouldn't it be reasonable, since we pay for this crap, if we could at least vote for or against a war?

Or at least be able to check a box and say we don't want our tax dollars spent on war.....

[jcarlilesiu]

And you all wonder why people say you are anti-military.

Raise the same thread in regard to union wages, and then try to make the claim that you are a supporter of the union.

[theolsarge]

Just think if Obama had not started the Iraq and Afghanistan wars . . . ?

[EinsteinsGhost]

Originally Posted by jcarlilesiu

Raise the same thread in regard to union wages, and then try to make the claim that you are a supporter of the union.

I hope you're working, and your employer knows you would love to have lower wages and benefits.

[Gary Siete]

Originally Posted by Greatday

NASA is part of that military budget. So is the Coast Guard. etc

It is NOT only monies going to "blow things up" - how utterly absurd!!

NASA budget: $18 billion (1/2 of 1 percent of 3 trillion)
Coast Guard budget: $10.1 billion (1/3rd of 1 percent of 3 trillion)
Military budget: $3 trillion

[EinsteinsGhost]

Originally Posted by Gary Siete

NASA budget: $18 billion (1/2 of 1 percent of 3 trillion)
Coast Guard budget: $10.1 billion (1/3rd of 1 percent of 3 trillion)
Military budget: $3 trillion

Well, remember, logic and neoconism don't go together.

[hawkeye2009]

Originally Posted by PurpleLove08

Your Tax Dollars at War: More Than 53% of Your Tax Payment Goes to the Military | CommonDreams.org

Completely false.

41% is spent on medicare and social security, while 21% is spent on the military. The military is the largest single expense, however.

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=1258


It sure sound good, for those who present false data, to deride the military and cheer for yet larger and larger social program expenditures. Keep in mind that these expenses are even prior to Obama care.

[Greatday]

Originally Posted by Gary Siete

NASA budget: $18 billion (1/2 of 1 percent of 3 trillion)
Coast Guard budget: $10.1 billion (1/3rd of 1 percent of 3 trillion)
Military budget: $3 trillion

Now - how much goes to the VA? To retirees and their benefits?

[Frankie117]

Since the article did not list any sources, I would like to offer evidence as to why there are factual discrepancies in the article;

Originally Posted by CommonDreams.org

The budget for the 2011 fiscal year, which has to be voted by Congress by this Oct. 1, looks to be about $3 trillion, not counting the funds collected for Social Security (since the Vietnam War, the government has included the Social Security Trust Fund in the budget as a way to make the cost of America's imperial military adventures seem smaller in comparison to the total cost of government). Meanwhile, the military share of the budget works out to about $1.6 trillion.

That is a false statement, the Social Security Trust Fund was completely detached from the federal budget under the 1983 amendments. This means it only appeared under the unified budget.

Originally Posted by CommonDreams.org

That figure includes the Pentagon budget request of $708 billion, plus an estimated $200 billion in supplemental funding, called "overseas contingency funding" in euphemistic White House-speak), to fund the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, some $40 billion or more in "black box" intelligence agency funding, $94 billion in non-DOD military spending, $100 billion in veterans benefits and health care spending, and $400 billion in interest on debt raised to pay for prior wars and the standing military.

This should be fun..

I went to the OMB website and directly looked at the defense section, which even has a nice easy to read rundown of the defense budget.

$548.9 billion is provided for a base budget

$33 billion for supplemental spending .. (NOT $200 billion)

$159.3 billion for "overseas contingency operations" (Iraq & Afghanistan) .. (NOT $200 billion)

The total amount - which includes discretionary spending and all other DoD spending - amounts to $718 billion.

But don't take my word for it, read it from the president's own budget:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2011/assets/defense.pdf (broken link)

Or read about any other spending category that suits your fancy:

FY 2011 President's Budget - Overview

By the way, the FY 2011 budget is $3.8 trillion:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget...ets/tables.pdf

Sorry, but $718 billion is not 53.3% of $3.8 trillion. But we do spend a whopping 4% of GDP on the military.

[Rick Roma]

Originally Posted by PurpleLove08

Your Tax Dollars at War: More Than 53% of Your Tax Payment Goes to the Military | CommonDreams.org

Originally Posted by hawkeye2009

Completely false.

41% is spent on medicare and social security, while 21% is spent on the military. The military is the largest single expense, however.

Policy Basics: Where Do Our Federal Tax Dollars Go? — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities


It sure sound good, for those who present false data, to deride the military and cheer for yet larger and larger social program expenditures. Keep in mind that these expenses are even prior to Obama care.

To understand that this thread is an epic fail all one has to do is open the OP's link and go to the "about us" section of the website.