US Federal Spending

US annual federal government spending in 2000 was under $2 Trillion and in 2008 was $3 Trillion, but is now over $4 Trillion in 2017.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_United_States_federal_budget

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_United_States_federal_budget

https://www.thebalance.com/current-u-s-federal-government-spending-3305763

 

You have to ask how this happened. When the Soviet Union dissolved in 1989, we knew that we might be able to spend less on the US Military, but in 1990 we won the Gulf War and showcased our stealth air power. Our actual cost has been blurred.

 

The US Department of Defense has estimated the incremental costs of the Gulf War at $61 billion, with US allies providing about $54 billion -- Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states covered $36 billion. Germany and Japan covered $16 billion.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/15/world/meast/gulf-war-fast-facts/index.html

 

The Afghan and Iraq Wars after 2001 added $4 Trillion to the cost. Obama squandered $4 Trillion on Climate Change, grants for non-essentials, mal-investments and UN Agenda 21 implementation. We also saw higher costs for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, healthcare and education due to excessive federal subsidies. Healthcare and education costs are unsustainable, because government pays the tab.

 

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader