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The Military Budget and You
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merican taxpayers paid $13.4 trillion to fight the Cold War. For most, an unthinkable number.
Annual spending on the military averaged $304 billion per year between 1948 and 1995. For
comparison, the entire 45,000-mile interstate highway system cost $150 billion over its
40-year development.
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May 18, 1997
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