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The United States Military, at the present time, continues to be funded by the United States’ Federal budget. Currently, $399.1 billion of the total federal budget of the 2004 and 2005 is projected to be spent on the military, compared to $53.1 billion spent on education. In fact, the United States’ spending on the military alone is greater than United States federal spending in all other areas of budgeting. The United States spends more money total on the military than the next top twenty militarily enforced countries including Russia and China. With these countries all combined, the total cost of their military spending amounts to $395.6 billion (CDI). As part of the United States, this country’s spending is extremely outrageous and greatly unwarranted given the figures that the United States accounts for $399.1 billion of federal funds spent on the military alone. When put into comparison, it is obvious that this statement is ridiculous. Why would one country alone need enough funding to create and maintain enough military weaponry and force to overcome twenty other international military forces? These figures are a direct support to the claim that military spending in the United States is far too high. Even with the threats of terrorism combined with the new security measures imposed since the attacks on 9/11, the United States is spending funds on technology that is both outdated and obsolete. Thus the United States should cut overall military spending, reallocating funds from obsolete technologies, and divert them to forms of increased qualities of education.
FY04 Military Budget Request - U.S. & Global Military Expenditures