This past spring I pointed to a large visual aid that illustrates the budgets each agency receives. The new 2007 edition has just been released and it lives up to its predecessor. And while the data will not be a surprise to readers of Mises.org, the fact that roughly 2/3 of the $1 trillion dollar discretionary budget goes to military related divisions should help put Randolph Bourne’s maxim into perspective: “War is the Health of the State.” More: 1 2 3 4 5