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The Costs of the War

Current Federal Budget Requests

war cost chart
The Bars = $2 Billion per inch

RED = War Related
    1. State Dept. – $32 Billion ($5 Billion for foreign military financing)
    2. Defense Dept. – $505 Billion
    3. Energy Dept. – $23 Billion ($10 Billion for nuclear weapons)
    4. Veterans Affairs – $74 Billion
    5. Housing Urban Development – $45 Billion
    6. Labor Dept. – $53 Billion
    7. Education Dept. – $64 Billion
    8. Transportation – $66 Billion
    9. Agriculture – $93 Billion
    10. Health/Human Services – $106 Billion
    11. Treasury Dept. – $500 Billion ($350 billion, interest on national debt due to past military spending)
    12. Homeland Security – $33 Billion.

    The chart shows some of the President's current budget requests. Red shows military and war-related spending. The Treasury Department's budget includes interest paid on the national debt, about 80% of which results from past military spending. Green shows additional, off-budget outlays for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, expected to be an additional $70 billion. The total of all military and war-related expenses is about $1 TRILLION, just for one year.

    (References: President's 2007 Federal Budget request, available from Government Printing Office website, http://wais.access.gpo.gov . Percentage of debt due to past military spending from: War Resistors League, www.warresistors.org)


Global Military Spending and US Spending

    Military Spending

    (Sources: OMB and the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Reporting years varied from 2004 through 2006.)
    Chart Credits: Tim Wulling for 25' chart. Michael Russelle for "Do these reflect your values?"


The Running Total

    The Cost of War in Iraq
    Below is a running total of the U.S. taxpayer cost of the Iraq War. The number is based on Congressional appropriations. See the cost in your community, or compare the cost of war to the cost of addressing education, health, world hunger, the AIDS epidemic, or world immunizations.
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         – The National Priorities Project