“Meanwhile, the U.S. debt remains, as it has been since 1790, a war debt; the United States continues to spend more on its military than do all other nations on earth put together, and military expenditures are not only the basis of the government's industrial policy; they also take up such a huge proportion of the budget that by many estimations, were it not for them, the United States would not run a deficit at all.” Has BeensWarStatesGovernmentRunningEarthTogetherNationsUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryPolicyHugeBasesRemainsDebtBudgetsProportionDeficitExpendituresEstimationBudget Deficit Author:David Graeber
“A ten per cent reduction in military expenditures per year would be reasonable, coupled with a programme of retraining the workforce and redirecting the resources in a manner that creates employment and advances social welfare. I also encourage all States to contribute to the UN's annual Report on Military Expenditures by submitting complete data on national defence budgets.” YearsStatesWould BeSocialMilitaryTenResourcesEmploymentDataBudgetsWelfareReasonableReportsCentsDefenceReductionProgrammesAnnualsWorkforceExpendituresSocial WelfareAll StateAnnual Reports Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“While things on the surface seem more quiet than at any time since last summer, I do not like the maintenance of what amounts to almost full mobilization in aggressor countries. Surely they cannot afford it and if they had any definite policy of trying to work out economic salvation (except by arms) they would be showing some signs of cutting military expenditures.” IfsTryingWarCountrySeemsWould BeLastsCuttingEconomicMilitaryPolicyArmsAmountQuietSummerSalvationWork OutSurfaceAggressionDefiniteMaintenanceExpendituresAggressorsLast SummerMobilization Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt
“One needs to redistribute and restructure expenditures in favour of infrastructure, education and so on. Such military expenditures are heavy to carry.” NeedsEducationMilitaryHeavyFavourInfrastructureExpendituresRestructure Author:Anton Siluanov
“U.S. analysts estimate that Russian military expenditures have tripled during the Bush-Putin years, in large measure a predicted reaction to the Bush administration's militancy and aggressiveness.” YearsMilitaryReactionsAdministrationPutinAnalystsExpendituresAggressivenessMilitancyRussian Military Book:Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance Source: Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance
“According to the National Priorities Project, military expenditures are 54% of the budget. The next biggest line item is 7%. And there are a whole bunch of 7 percents. So in short, we have a military budget surrounded by a lot of footnotes. This is not serving us well.” WellsWholeNextLinesMilitaryProjectsPercentPrioritiesBunchBudgetsServingItemsExpendituresFootnotesMilitary Budget Author:Jill Stein
“Both [Donald] Trump and Hillary [Clinton] want bigger military budgets and Hillary supports President Obama's one trillion dollar expenditure to so-called upgrade nuclear weapons. P” WantPresidentSupportMilitaryTrumpWeaponsBiggerDollarsClintonNuclearBudgetsPresident ObamaNuclear WeaponsExpendituresMilitary Budget Author:Ralph Nader
“The fact that many private expenditures are mutually offsetting actually happens to constitute a remarkably good bit of fiscal news. Mutually offsetting spending patterns are wasteful in the same way that military arms races are. In such situations, if each party spends less, nothing is sacrificed, yet resources are freed up that can be put to much better uses.” IfsWayFactsUseHappensBitsPartyRaceSituationMilitaryArmsNewsResourcesPatternsSpendingExpendituresArms Race Author:Robert H. Frank
“People say, oh we just need charismatic leaders to continue on to Mars. Now we've gone to the moon, of course Mars is next. No. Mars was never, of course, next. It is next if you think we went to the moon because we're explorers, but if you know we went to the moon because we were at war then we're never going to Mars. There's no military reason to do it, to justify the expenditure.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsNeedsWarReasonCoursesNextLeaderGoneMilitaryMoonJustifyMarsExplorersExpendituresCharismatic Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I'm very skeptical of the amount of money that goes into military expenditure, not just in the poor countries [but] also in the rich. I think it's one of the most massive wastes in the world, but education is [at the] other end. It's the bearer of the greatest fruits that mankind has ever known.” ThinkingWorldEndsCountryPoorKnownRichMankindMilitaryAmountWasteFruitMassiveSkepticalExpendituresPoor Countries Author:Amartya Sen