http://old.warisacrime.org/taxonomy/term/325/0 en http://old.warisacrime.org/content/where-wasteful-government-spending <p>In early September 2016, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/08/us/politics/donald-trump-speech.html?_r=0">Donald Trump announced</a> his plan for a vast expansion of the U.S. military, including 90,000 new soldiers for the Army, nearly 75 new ships for the Navy, and dozens of new fighter aircraft for the Air Force.&nbsp; Although the cost of this increase would be substantial―about $90 billion per year―it would be covered, the GOP presidential candidate said, by cutting wasteful government spending.</p> <p><a href="http://old.warisacrime.org/content/where-wasteful-government-spending" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://old.warisacrime.org/content/where-wasteful-government-spending#comments F-35 aircraft Military Industrial Complex military spending military waste nuclear weapons Mon, 26 Sep 2016 01:22:44 +0000 Lawrence Wittner 71066 at http://old.warisacrime.org