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House GOP leaders triumphantly announced a plan to cut the defense budget: no more color photocopies!
No, seriously. And we wondered: How does that measure up with the rest of America’s military spending? Well, the money the GOP is saving could:
- Run the Iraq and Afghanistan wars for about 2.5 hours.
- Buy 8.6 percent of a fighter jet. One (1). Fighter. Jet.
- Cover the cost of one-sixth of the Tomahawk missiles we’ve lobbed at Libya…so far.
- Purchase a crapload of Humvees that the Army doesn’t want…but a GOP congressman is forcing them to buy, because the vehicle’s maker donates a lot to his campaign fund.
We’ve put it all in visual form for you here. The original story lives here. Check ‘em out, pass ‘em on.
