I thought this kind of puts things in perspective.
In 2010, the US government collected $898 billion in federal income tax revenues. The same year,
we spent $847 billion on useless wars and national defense.
That means that 94% of all federal income tax revenue is equivalent to what we spend on the Pentagon. Who out there thinks it was money well spent?
Also, just to piss you off a little bit more –
defense spending is equivalent to 443% of what we collect in total corporate taxes.
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