Military Tax Weighs Down American Economy
Don’t like taxes? Many people don’t, although taxes are the dues we pay for our democratic government.
The proper question isn’t really whether taxes are worth it. We all know that we need to pay for certain services we appreciate from our government. The question we citizens need to ask is whether our tax money is being used wisely.
That’s the question that was recently asked by U.S. Representative Lynn Woolsey, on the floor of the House of Representatives, examining the problem of military spending that has run out of control. Woolsey noted,
“43 percent of the world defense spending comes from the United States alone. When we add NATO allies into it, it’s over 50 percent. So, our annual defense budget dwarfs that of all our biggest rivals, and we spend four times as much as China and eight times as much as Russia. Why? That’s what I ask you, we don’t need to do that.
And, if you want to put this in perspective, every single person spent, when we add up our Pentagon budget, that’s 40 percent of the taxes that every single person pays, 40 percent of their taxes go to the Pentagon. Why, I ask you?”