(In this lengthy history is a gem of information which leads me to ask - if our military security only requires 7 percent of our present 1.4 TRILLION $$$$$ spent - what exactly does the 93 percent of budget pay for? Don't ask! It's a national security secret......got it, dummy? - CL)
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https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/02/david-stockman/nato-the-case-to-get-out-now/ | The case for getting out of NATO now encompasses four fundamental propositions: First, the Federal budget has become a self-fueling fiscal doomsday machine, even as the Fed has run out of capacity to monetize the skyrocketing public debt. Second, the only viable starting point for fiscal salvation is slashing the nation’s elephantine Warfare State by at least $500 billion per year. Third ... www.lewrockwell.com |
Needless to say, there is no way, shape or form that America’s nuclear deterrent can be neutralized by a blackmailer. And that gets us to the heart of the case for drastically downsizing America’s military muscle. To wit, according to the most recent CBO estimates the nuclear triad will cost only about $75 billion per year to maintain over the next decade, including allowances for periodic weapons upgrades.
That’s right. The core component of America’s military security requires only 7% of today’s massive military budget as detailed on a system-by-system basis by CBO.
