We’re Paying for Our Own Annihilation But Nobody Thinks About It
Oppose Unfunded Priorities, the Pentagon Wishlist for Weapons
We’re Paying for Our Own Annihilation But Nobody Thinks About It
Oppose Unfunded Priorities, the Pentagon Wishlist for Weapons
U.S. Military Budget: In FY 2023, out of a $1.8 trillion federal discretionary budget, $1.1 trillion — or 62 percent— was for militarized programs. That includes war and weapons, law enforcement and mass incarceration, and detention and deportation.
The U.S. spent $16 on the military and war for every $1 that was spent on diplomacy and humanitarian foreign aid. The vast majority of militarized spending was for weapons, war and the Pentagon, at $920 billion. Only $56 billion was spent for international affairs, diplomacy, and humanitarian foreign aid. Less than $2 out of every $5 in federal discretionary spending was available to fund investment in people and communities, including primary and secondary public education, housing programs, child care programs, federal disaster relief, environmental programs, and scientific research.