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  • The War State: The Cold War Origins of the Military-Industrial Complex

    (By Michael Swanson)

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    Author Michael Swanson
    “Book Descriptions: Today when you factor in the interest on the national debt from past wars and total defense expenditures the United States spends almost 40% of its federal budget on the military. It accounts for over 46% of total world arms spending. Before World War II it spent almost nothing on defense and hardly anyone paid any income taxes. You can't have big wars without big government. Such big expenditures are now threatening to harm the national economy. How did this situation come to...”

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