Military Spending

¿What portion of US federal discretionary spending goes to the military?

Don't forget to add Veterans' Benefits and part of Energy and Environment spending into your military spending total.

  1. How accurate was your prediction?

  2. Is this good news?

  3. What was the biggest surprise about this chart?

  4. Why do we spend so much money on the military?

  5. What is a consequence of such a high level of military spending?

  6. If you were king or queen for the day and got to set the US budget, what would you do differently?

  7. In the comments section, write the ideal percent of the US federal discretionary budget that the military would get:


Action Extension

Contact your U.S. Senators or US House Representative at the capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and explain to them whether you think we should increase, decrease, or continue current military spending:


Bonus question: How does the US military spending compare to military spending from the rest of the world:



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