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How These Figures Were Determined “Current military” includes Dept. of Defense ($707 billion) and the military portion from other departments as noted in current military box above ($162 billion). “Past military” represents veterans’ benefits plus 80% of the interest on the debt.* For further explanation, please go to www.warresisters.org. These figures are from an analysis…

Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes – FY2013 (Released in Feb 2012) Once again “mission accomplished” was announced, and the Iraq War was declared over in 2011. U.S. troops are scheduled to leave Afghanistan in 2013, yet Pentagon spending continues virtually unabated. More than 200,000 private contractors, hired by corporations with Pentagon money, carry…

How These Figures Were Determined Because the President is late with the Fiscal Year 2014 budget, and Congress has not passed the FY2013 budget (was to begin Oct. 1, 2012), the figures in the large pie chart are projections from tables in Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2013 (published Feb….

 The War Resisters League spends a lot of time, energy and money to create this resource. Please credit when using. For permissions to reprint, email us at wrl [at] warresisters.org The War Resisters League’s famous “pie chart” flyer analyzes the Federal Budget.  The Fiscal Year 2012 Pie Chart was released in February 2011. FY2012 PIE…

From Where Your Income Tax Money Really Goes, FY2014 (Released Feb 2013) Millions of workers in the United States live off the Pentagon and its contracts. The 3.2 million DoD employees include active military, civilians, National Guard, and Reserves. But there are another 600,000 contract employees. About 1,600,000 supply the military with food, health insurance,…