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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/us/politics/trump-budget-military.html
In 2010, the US government spent $847.86 billion on its military, which is about $48 billion more than it did in 2015. Out of a total budget of $3.55 trillion, military spending accounted for 23.9% of the budget.
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Trump's Call For Increased Military Spending. Addressing the National Governors Association on Monday, President Trump laid out his budget proposal, calling for an increase of nearly 10 percent in military spending.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/us/politics/trump-budget-military.html
The United States spends more on their defense budget than China, Saudi Arabia, Russia, the United Kingdom, India, France, and Japan combined. The 2009 U.S. military budget accounts for approximately 40% of global arms spending. The 2012 budget is 6–7 times larger than the $106 billion military budget of China.
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The budget funds 4 branches of the U.S. military: the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force. In FY 2015, Pentagon and related spending totaled $598 billion, about 54% of the fiscal year 2015 U.S. discretionary budget.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States
The 2015 expenditure for Army research, development and acquisition changed from $32 billion projected in 2012 for FY15, to $21 billion for FY15 expected in 2014.  1 Historical Tables, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2015. United States Government Publishing Office.
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The current edition of the War Resisters League's famous pie chart flyer, Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes, analyzes the Federal Fiscal Year 2018 Budget. (FY 2018 is 1 October 2017 - 30 September 2018). Perfect for Tax Day leafletting, as a focus for forums and panels and workshops and more!
https://www.warresisters.org/resources/pie-chart-flyers-where-your-income-tax-money-really-goes
1 WASHINGTON — President Trump put both political parties on notice Monday that he intends to slash spending on many of the federal government’s most politically sensitive programs — relating to education, the environment, science and poverty — to protect the economic security of retirees and to shift billions more to the armed forces.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/us/politics/trump-budget-military.html
The U.S. Department of Defense budget accounted in fiscal year 2010 for about 19% of the United States federal budgeted expenditures and 28% of estimated tax revenues. Including non-DOD expenditures, military spending was approximately 28–38% of budgeted expenditures and 42–57% of estimated tax revenues.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_budget_of_the_United_States
The proposal to increase military spending by $54 billion and cut nonmilitary programs by the same amount was unveiled by White House officials as they prepared the president’s plans for next year’s federal budget.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/us/politics/trump-budget-military.html
how much does the government spend on the military
In 2010, the US government spent $847.86 billion on its military. In 2010, the United States government spent $847.86 billion on its military.