One Sector Of US Economy Continues To Grow

U.S. Military Budgets 1948-2015

Obama           FY2010-15         $663.4 billion per year

Bush Jr          FY2002-09*        $634.9  “    ”   “

Clinton           FY1994-2001     $418.0  “    ”   “

Bush Sr          FY1990-93         $513.4  “    ”   “

Reagan          FY1982-89         $565.0  “    ”   “

Carter             FY1978-81         $428.1   ”    ”   “

Ford               FY1976-77         $406.7   ”   “    ”

Nixon              FY1970-75        $441.7   ”   “    ”

Johnson         FY1965-69        $527.3   ”   “    ”

Kennedy         FY1962-64        $457.2   ”   “    ”

Eisenhower    FY1954-61        $416.3   ”   “   “

Truman           FY1948-53       $375.7   ”   “   “

*Excludes $80 billion supplemental added to FY2009 under Obama

You can read the rest @
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-record-u-s-military-budget-spiralling-growth-of-americas-war-economy/5479264

"Peace President", my ass.

In comparison, the US cost of World War II was $296 billion.

By the way, the numbers above are rather misleading since they are not adjusted for inflation. If you want to view some inflation adjusted totals, you can find them here:

http://cironline.org/sites/default/files/legacy/files/June2010CRScostofuswars.pdf