US military expenditures consume over half of the total discretionary federal budget and have risen to over $778 Billion per year, with a budget request for $813 Billion by President Biden for FY2023 (expected to go even higher). This amount does not include spending on nuclear weapons nor interest on the debt incurred by previous wars.
Learn More:
- Pentagon Fuel Use, Climate Change, and the Costs of War (Brown University Study)
- What Price "Defense"? America's Nearly $1.3 Trillion National Security Budget Isn't Making Us Any Safer
- We Can't Fight the Climate Crisis Without Fighting the Military-Industrial Complex
- Poor People's Campaign: Poor People's Moral Budget