Articles by Veronique de Rugy

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The Invincible Military-Industrial Complex
Veronique de Rugy - Reason Magazine, 20 Feb 2012

Today we are living Ike’s nightmare. Defense spending is not just one of the most sacrosanct parts of the budget but also one of the largest and most inscrutable. Adjusting for inflation, military spending has grown for an unprecedented 13 consecutive years and is now higher than at any time since World War II. Even excluding war costs, the military baseline budget has grown by about 50 percent during the last decade.

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