ilovecharts:

-inlandwest

…but you’re right, there’s probably no way we could cut that defense budget.

I’d just like to remind everyone once again that, while our legislators bitch and whine about how to hack away our social services, we still spend 60% of our budget on the military. SIXTY PERCENT. Half and then some.

Don’t believe me? Go to http://www.deathandtaxesposter.com/ and see the budget for yourself.

ilovecharts:

Just think how many libraries we could build with a tiny fraction of that. Or, how bout, how many libraries we could choose not to dismantle.

theeconomist:

Daily chart: who spends the most on the military? America’s defence spending, at nearly $700 billion a year, is bigger than that of the next 17 countries combined.

(via npr)