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To: bentway who wrote (261793)4/17/2008 11:24:48 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
54 percent of the federal budget for the 2009 fiscal year - or $484 billion - goes toward past and current military expenses

The budget for 2009 is $3.1 trillion dollars.

$484 bil is only about fifteen and a half percent, not 54 percent of the budget.