Sunday, October 28, 2012

The cost of war, as guns v. butter

The cartoonist here uses one of the metaphors that the "dismal scientists" use to demonstrate trade-offs:


How much has the US spent on the two wars, including the longest war ever that began in October 2001? 

But, don't ever suggest any reduction to the defense budget; we would rather go after those mooching unemployed!

1 comment:

Ramesh said...

The US defence budget is a travesty to mankind. The US spends more than the next 10 countries put together - or something like that. This is crazy - and its not like if some enemy is threatening the US shores.

There is no justification for the level of defense spending.