The War By the Numbers
845,441 - Number of structures (covering 30
million acres) controlled by the Dept. of Defense, the world’s largest
landlord.
$396 billion - Bush’s 2003 military
budget
$289 billion - 2000 military
budget (before Bush)
$60 billion -
Military budget of Russia, 2nd in the world after
U.S.
25 - Number of top military
spending countries whose combined military budgets equals that of the
U.S.
$45 billion - Budget for
education, 2nd largest discretionary budget item after military in
2002
50.5% - Proportion of the total
2002 U.S. discretionary budget devoted to
military
-War Times
newspaper
Posted: Tue - October 1, 2002 at 05:48 PM