America's 4 richest counties all surround the Pentagon. Defense contractors discovered money can't travel far from where it's printed.
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15,000 nuclear weapons can kill everyone 2.6 times. After the first death, you're just showing off with expensive redundancy.
US military spending 1914-2007. Countries spend trillions preparing to kill each other, then kill each other, then prepare again. Beautiful cycle.
US spends 37% of global military budget with 4.4% of world population. $600 billion on weapons. Switzerland makes chocolate instead.
$1.8 trillion global military spending vs $100 million brain research. Chart required 17,000 pixels high to show military spending properly.
Pentagon lost $2.3 trillion announced Sept 10, 2001. Next day planes hit towers. Perfect timing for forgetting about military waste.
Pentagon paid $1.1 trillion to convicted fraudulent defense contractors over 10 years, then gave them raises for stealing from taxpayers.