If we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people
under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy. - Thomas Jefferson


Thursday, January 6, 2011

The cost of freedom

Of course maintaining the largest military in the world is gonna cost some dollars, but this is still a fun figure:
The Pentagon's budget for 2012 is expected to be $553 BILLION.

I expect it'll be worth every penny.

THIS is whyipaytaxes.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

WOW....ouch. I was talking with a historian who was reading books about how the British fought with Afghanistan in the 1800's...and lost one confrontation and came to a draw in the next. Almost seems like confronting Afghanistan is to nations like an abusive boyfriend is to women: a right of passage. Maybe now we'll be consider a real imperial nation.

Love the Jefferson quote