By: Patrick Alcom, Volunteer, Minnesota Arms Spending Alternatives Project
Fifty-five percent. Fifty-five percent of the discretionary budget of the United States goes to the Pentagon. Education? Six percent. A sliver.
Transportation? Another tiny fraction — 2 percent. Even veterans, the men and women whom our leaders have sent to wage various fickle international interventions, only receive a measly 6 percent toward their benefits upon returning home.