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Friday, April 13, 2012

Starve the Beast of Empire

Starve the Beast of Empire

As we approach April 15, the day when we render unto Caesar what is ours, it is well to bear a few stark and simple numbers in mind.
The personal income tax for 2011 will haul in a hefty $1.09 trillion to the federal coffers. The estimate for 2012* is $1.16 trillion.
On the other side of the ledger, the best estimate of the known “national security” expenditures for 2012 is $1.22 trillion dollars.
That’s right; it takes the entire personal income tax, and then some, to cover the costs of war and Empire.
The total federal revenue from every source will be $2.47 trillion in 2012, so the war machine and its various appurtenances take an enormous bite out of the total federal budget.

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