the president has the most control over the us defense spending.
the president has the most control over the us defense spending.
who has the most control over the us defense spending?
the president
national defense spending is any government spending attributable to the maintenance and strengthening of the united states armed forces, including the army, navy, marines, and the air force. as of the fiscal year 2019 budget approved by congress, national defense is the largest discretionary expenditure in the federal budget. "figure d" provides a historical picture of military spending over the last few decades. in 1970, the united states government spent just over $80 billion on national defense. over the next two decades, national defense spending increased steadily to around $300 billion per year. military spending fell in the 1990s, but increased markedly in the 2000s as a result of the war in afghanistan and iraq. military spending was cut slightly during the obama administration, but the trump administration plans to ramp up military spending to combat isil. national defense spending is expected to be $678 billion in 2019, an amount greater than the military expenditures of the next 9 countries combined.
government spending in the united states
in 1995, lawrence korb wrote an article in the magazine "foreign affairs", titled "our overstuffed armed forces" questioning the need for and scale of us defense spending by comparing american defense spending to that of other nations. toti reacted to this article by writing a rebuttal which was published in "the washington times" entitled "what does brookings know about defense?" the article advanced the idea that because of the need of american armed forces to cross two vast oceans surrounding the united states to bring the fight to the enemy, any comparison of what the united states spends relative to spending by other nations that do not have to cross those oceans, is specious. toti's article was countered by a strong rebuttal on march 19, 1996, also in "the washington times", written michael o'hanlon and korb, then both senior fellows at brookings.
william toti