GodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoA Soviet poster from 1953 about the perception of the United States. Nothing has changed.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1320arrow-down136
arrow-up1284arrow-down1imageA Soviet poster from 1953 about the perception of the United States. Nothing has changed.lemmy.worldGodlessCommie@lemmy.worldM to Late Stage Capitalism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squaresyreus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·1 day agoYour link says the US spent 874 Billion on National defense this year. https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/department-of-defense?fy=2024 This link has a bit of a disparity. I’m too busy to figure out the difference now but maybe you can take a look.
minus-squareabysmalpoptart@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·24 hours agoYeah and that is an incredible amount of money, but at 13% of the budget, that still puts it fifth place in terms of categorical spending.
Your link says the US spent 874 Billion on National defense this year.
https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/department-of-defense?fy=2024
This link has a bit of a disparity. I’m too busy to figure out the difference now but maybe you can take a look.
Yeah and that is an incredible amount of money, but at 13% of the budget, that still puts it fifth place in terms of categorical spending.